01871cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018891 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484385869 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Agarwal, Ruchir. Invisible Geniuses : Could the Knowledge Frontier Advance Faster? / Ruchir Agarwal, Patrick Gaule. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (66 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The advancement of the knowledge frontier is crucial for technological innovation and human progress. Using novel data from the setting of mathematics, this paper establishes two results. First, we document that individuals who demonstrate exceptional talent in their teenage years have an irreplaceable ability to create new ideas over their lifetime, suggesting that talent is a central ingredient in the production of knowledge. Second, such talented individuals born in low- or middle-income countries are systematically less likely to become knowledge producers. Our findings suggest that policies to encourage exceptionally-talented youth to pursue scientific careers-especially those from lower income countries-could accelerate the advancement of the knowledge frontier. Mode of access: Internet Gaule, Patrick. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/268 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2018/268/001.2018.issue-268-en.xml IMF e-Library