科普对经济增长贡献率的估算

Estimation for Contribution Rate of Science Popularization to Economic Growth

本文从技术进步对经济增长的促进作用方面探讨了科普投入产生的经济效益。采用柯布-道格拉斯生产函数,选取1990—2007年我国GDP和各生产要素投入等统计数据,从定量角度检验了技术进步对经济增长的贡献,从而得出科普投入的贡献率。结果证实,科普投入对我国经济增长具有明显的促进作用。

This paper discusses the economic benefits of science popularization.Using the statistic data about GDP and the input of production factors from 1990 to 2007,it estimates quantitatively the contribution rate of the input of science popularization to economic growth by Cobb-Douglas production function.The results show that science popularization has positive effects on economic growth in the past decades in China.