Measuring the Economic Value of Research

The Case of Food Safety

Kaye Husbands Fealing, Julia I. Lane, John L. King, Stanley R. Johnson

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781107159693
• eBook ISBN:
  9781108349123
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic Policy
• Index: Economics

The scientific advances that underpin economic growth and human health would not be possible without research investments. Yet demonstrating the impact of research programs is a challenge, especially in areas that span disciplines, industrial sectors, and encompass both public and private sector activity. All areas of research are under pressure to demonstrate benefits from federal funding of research. This exciting and innovative study demonstrates new methods and tools to trace the impact of federal research funding on the structure of research, and the subsequent economic activities of funded researchers. The case study is food safety research, which is critical to avoiding outbreaks of disease. The authors make use of an extraordinary new data infrastructure and apply new techniques in text analysis. Focusing on the impact of US federal food safety research, this book develops vital data-intensive methodologies that have a real world application to many other scientific fields.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Dedication
• Table of contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction and Motivation
• 2 The Current Context
• 3 The Conceptual and Empirical Framework
• 4 Identifying Food Safety–Related Research
• 5 The Structure of Research Funding
• 6 The Food Safety Research Workforce and Economic Outcomes
• 7 New Insights into Food Safety Research Teams
• 8 Assessing the Effects of Food Safety Research on Early Career Outcomes
• 9 Describing Patent Activity
• 10 Describing Scientific Outcomes
• 11 Conclusion
• Index