Thinking about social dimensions and innovation, it occurred to me that there might be a relationship with masculinity, but then quickly dismissed it, considering it much more likely to be predicated on science/math education. Even then, other cultural elements might be more likely correlated. What follows is an exploration of various correlations with patents per capita. Although Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions did have a significant correlation with patents per capita, somewhat surprisingly, PISA scores by country, education, nor average IQ, had a strong relationship with patent production, although if Asia was included, statistically it would. Notes: I often exclude Asia from analyses, as the initial driver of this work was looking at cultures that are similar, to tease out social effects. That is also why I ignore looking at all countries, as some relationships across the entire world disappear when limited to just developed economies. As an example, the value of work and...
