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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"public R&D"”.
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Economic effects of demographic changes
… might use their political power to reduce public resources for children. It is usually tested by exploiting the localized nature of school funding in the US. Chapter 3 takes a different approach using cross-country data on family benefits. I find a positive relation at the national level …
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The Economic Benefits of the South African Agricultural Research Council’s Wheat Breeding Program: 1992–2015
<p>Although classified as an upper middle-income country by the World Bank, food insecurity is still a concern throughout South Africa, as was evident in 2014–2015 when a drought left 22% of households food insecure. As such, agricultural research in South Africa is needed specifically in plant …
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Drivers of photovoltaics cost evolution
… gains. Both market-expansion policies and public R&D stimulated cost reduction, with the former contributing the majority of the cost decline from 1980 to 2012. Chapter 3 turns to assessing the materials constraints to PV cost reduction. We ask how fast metals production should be scaled up …