Replication Data for: Demographics, Innovation, and Cross-Border R&D Capital Allocation

Replication package for 'Demographics, Innovation, and Cross-Border R&D Capital Allocation' by Brian Peters (2026). Tests whether aging populations redirect capital toward innovation and R&D investment as a substitute for declining labor force growth. Uses patent applications, R&D expenditure, high-tech exports, and researcher density as dependent variables alongside current account balances. Key finding: aging predicts higher R&D intensity and patent output, with effects concentrated in upper-middle and high-income countries. Income conditioning reveals the mechanism operates primarily through the Z₁ × log GDP per capita channel.