In brief: boffins in the USA: the boost to UK productivity
Griffith, R., Harrison, R. & Van Reenen, J.
(2005).
In brief: boffins in the USA: the boost to UK productivity.
Centrepiece,
10(1), p. 11.
https://doi.org/CEPCP169
(2005).
In brief: boffins in the USA: the boost to UK productivity.
Centrepiece,
10(1), p. 11.
https://doi.org/CEPCP169
The US innovation boom since 1990 has had major benefits for the UK economy. According to new research by CEP's director John Van Reenen and colleagues, without the growth in US spending on research and development (R&D) in the 1990s, UK productivity would have been about 5% lower in 2000.