Science and engineering careers in the United States : an analysis of markets and employment /

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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....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-, Goroff, Daniel L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2009.
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
Subjects:
Scientists > United States.
Engineers > United States.
Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
Scientifiques > États-Unis.
Ingénieurs > États-Unis.
Sciences > Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher)
Engineers
Science > Study and teaching (Higher)
Scientists
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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