Scientists and Economic Growth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11923646 |
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| Authors | Herbert Inhaber (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 517-524 |
| Publication date | 1977-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Studies of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030631277700700415 |
| OpenAlex | W1970835357 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
What is the relationship between economic growth and science? On the one hand economists agree that a significant part of growth must be due to innovations produced as a result of scientific and technological endeavour, since there is no alternative explanation available in terms of capital, labour, and other inputs. On the other hand, there has been great difficulty in measuring just how much science has contributed to this growth. For simplicity, we shall assume that 'science' includes technology, research and development, and related concepts
Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Sociology · Economic Growth and Productivity · Economic Theory and Policy · Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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