Does government R&D policy mainly benefit scientists and engineers?
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Government research and development (R&D) programs focus mainly on science and engineering research. The government contributes substantially in the financing of various R&D projects in the country such as the patent system, and programs of the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation. R&D spending increases wages of scientists and researchers. Moreover, federal R&D biases and competes with private inventive operations in terms of wages to scientists.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 1998
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Trade and the great divergence: the family connection
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Effects of international trade on income and population distributions with relation to industrial nations are presented.
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2006
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