Abstract

In this article some consequences of induced technical progress for economic growth are discussed. Technical progress is assumed to be purely labour augmenting. First the rate of technical progress is explained along lines as set out by Nordhaus. Secondly we introduce a more routine-like behaviour pattern of inventors showing a relation between expenditures for R&D on the one hand and the rate of wage increase and the growth of output on the other.

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