Understanding the UK's poor technological performance

Published on 1 June 2003

Understanding why the UK has performed relatively poorly in terms of R&D is important for predicting whether current policies can halt this decline and ultimately narrow the productivity gap. This Briefing Note documents and disentangles trends in UK R&D over the period 1981-2000.

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In this Briefing Note, we document and disentangle the trends in UK research and development (R&D) over the period 19812000, and compare the UKs performance with that of the USA.

Authors

Rachel Cassidy
Rachel Griffith

CPP Co-Director, IFS Research Director

Rachel is Research Director and Professor at the University of Manchester. She was made a Dame for services to economic policy and education in 2021.

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Rupert Harrison

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DOI
10.1920/bn.ifs.2003.0037
Publisher
IFS

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Griffith, R and Harrison, R. (2003). Understanding the UK's poor technological performance. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/understanding-uks-poor-technological-performance (accessed: 20 April 2024).

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