John Van Reenen

Implementing a range of production function estimators on UK data, we find our results are similar to or more credible than widely-used alternatives.

Slow growth over the last decade has prompted policy attention towards increasing R&D spending, often via the tax system.

We examine the "home bias" of knowledge spillovers (the idea that knowledge spreads more slowly over international boundaries than within them) as measured by the speed of patent citations.

We examine the 'home bias' of international knowledge spillovers as measured by the speed of patent citations.

We examine the "technology sourcing" hypothesis that foreign research labs located in the U.S. tap into U.S. R&D spillovers and improve home country productivity.

This paper examines the effects of work-related training on direct measures of productivity.

How much does US-based R&D benefit other countries and through what mechanisms?

This paper examines the effects of work-related training on direct measures of productivity.

How much does US-based R&D benefit other countries and through what mechanisms?

Many writers have claimed that research and development (R&D) has two faces.