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Title Science and engineering careers in the United States : an analysis of markets and employment / edited by Richard B. Freeman and Daniel L. Goroff
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 393 pages) : illustrations
Series National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
Contents Supporting "The best and brightest" in science and engineering : NSF graduate research fellowships / Richard B. Freeman, Tanwin Chang, and Hanley Chiang -- Internationalization of U.S. doctorate education / John Bound, Sarah Turner, and Patrick Walsh -- Improving the postdoctoral experience : an empirical approach / Geoff Davis -- Immigration in high-skill labor markets : the impact of foreign students on the earnings of doctorates / George J. Borjas -- Does science promote women? Evidence from academia 1973-2001 / Donna K. Ginther and Shulamit Kahn -- Patterns of male and female scientific dissemination in public and private science / Kjersten Bunker Whittington -- Educational mismatch among Ph. D.s : determinants and consequences / Keith A. Bender and John S. Heywood -- Capturing knowledge : the location decision of new Ph. D.s working in industry / Albert J. Sumell, Paula E. Stephan, and James D. Adams -- Instruments of commerce and knowledge : probe microscopy, 1980-2000 / Cyrus C.M. Moody -- International knowledge flows : evidence from an inventor-firm matched data set / Jinyoung Kim, Sangjoon John Lee, and Gerald Marschke -- Growing allocative inefficiency of the U.S. higher education sector / James D. Adams and J. Roger Clemmons
Summary Beginning in the early 2000s, there was an upsurge of national concern over the state of the science and engineering job market that sparked a plethora of studies, commission reports, and a presidential initiative, all stressing the importance of maintaining American competitiveness in these fields. Science and Engineering Careers in the United States is the first major academic study to probe the issues that underlie these concerns. This volume provides new information on the economics of the postgraduate science and engineering job market, addressing such topics as the factors that determine
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Scientists -- United States.
Engineers -- United States.
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Engineering -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Knowledge Capital.
Engineering -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Engineers
Science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Scientists
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-
Goroff, Daniel L.
ISBN 9780226261904
0226261905
9786612267161
661226716X
1282267167
9781282267169