The findings from a study of the relationship between postdoctoral students and R&D at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) are presented in this paper. The goal of the study is not only to understand better knowledge transfers from publicly supported R&D but also to estimate the returns to R&D conducted in federally funded laboratories. Using public domain data related to FFRDCs, published by the US National Science Foundation, the R&D elasticity of doctoral students is estimated over the years 2010–2019 to be about 0.85. This estimate compares well to previous studies of the returns to publicly funded R&D.

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来自联邦资助的研发中心的知识转移

本文介绍了联邦资助的研究与发展中心 (FFRDCs) 博士后学生与研发人员之间关系的研究结果。该研究的目的不仅是为了更好地了解公共支持的研发中的知识转移，而且还要估计在联邦资助的实验室进行的研发的回报。使用美国国家科学基金会发布的与 FFRDC 相关的公共领域数据，估计 2010-2019 年博士生的研发弹性约为 0.85。这一估计与之前对公共资助研发的回报的研究相比很好。