The impact of R&D on growth through spillovers has been a major topic of economic research over the last thirty years …. A central problem in the literature is that firm performance is affected by two countervailing "spillovers": a positive … effect from technology (knowledge) spillovers and negative business stealing effects from product market rivals. We develop a …

century? After years of inadequate investment in skills, infrastructure and innovation, there are longstanding structural …

much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and …

have been exaggerated. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average … have experienced greater downward pressure on wages and greater competition for jobs than others, but these effects still …

still not, on average, materialised. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on …

wages and living standards, productivity and business, Europe, the NHS, schools, tuition fees, gender gaps, urban and …

This paper analyzes differences in R&D spending and in the impact of R&D on productivity between German and UK firms …