Science and engineering careers in the United States : an analysis of markets and employment / / edited by Richard B. Freeman and Daniel L. Goroff

• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (405 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.119150973
• Soggetto topico: Scientists - United States; Engineers - United States; Science - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States; Engineering - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States
• Altri autori: FreemanRichard B <1943-> (Richard Barry) GoroffDaniel L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Supporting "The Best and Brightest" in Science and Engineering: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships -- 2. Internationalization of U.S. Doctorate Education -- 3. Improving the Postdoctoral Experience: An Empirical Approach -- 4. Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates -- 5. Does Science Promote Women? Evidence from Academia 1973-2001 -- 6. Patterns of Male and Female Scientific Dissemination in Public and Private Science -- 7. Educational Mismatch among Ph.D.s: Determinants and Consequences -- 8. Capturing Knowledge: The Location Decision of New Ph.D.s Working in Industry -- 9. Instruments of Commerce and Knowledge: Probe Microscopy, 1980-2000 -- 10. International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from an Inventor-Firm Matched Data Set -- 11. The Growing Allocative Inefficiency of the U.S. Higher Education Sector -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 su
• Titolo autorizzato: Science and engineering careers in the United States
• ISBN: 9786612267161; 9781282267169; 1282267167; 9780226261904; 0226261905
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963651503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.