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March 1986

The contribution of R&D to productivity growth

Leo Sveikauskas

Results of a BLS study suggest that the direct contribution of research and development to postwar productivity growth was between 0.1 and 0.2 percent annually in the nonfarm business sector; R&D had no substantial effect on the post-1973 productivity slowdown.

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