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| Author: | Schofer, E. Ramirez, F.O. Meyer, J.W. |
| Title: | The effects of science on national economic development, 1970 to 1990 |
| Journal: | American Sociological Review
2000 : DEC, VOL.65:6, p.866-887 |
| Index terms: | SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH SOCIETY EDUCATION |
| Freeterms: | SCIENTIFIC LABOR FORCE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The authors point out that scientific expansion and the accompanying cultural penetration legitimate a broad grogressive agenda of social amelioration (e.g., by identifying environmental and health problems, and social welfare and human rights issues) that can result in regulation and direct constraints on productive economic activity in the short term. Thus, science can be seen as encouraging a trade-off between short-term economic growth and broader (and longer-term) social development. The examined over the 1970-1990 period. Cross-national analyses show that the size of a nations's scientific labor force and training system has a positive effect on economic development, supporting conventional theories. However, indicators of national involvement in scintific research activity show negative effects on economic growth. |
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