Public R&D and the Automation of Manufacturing: Evidence from the Space Race -- by Apoorva Babbar, Shawn Kantor, Alexander Whalley, Jingyuan Zeng

We thank audiences at the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) Denver, Alberta Centre for Labor Research, Canadian Economics Association, and the University of Calgary, as well as, Alberto Galasso for helpful discussions. Financial support from the Alberta Major Innovation Fund is gratefully acknowledged. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.