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

Contributor(s): Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943- [edt] | Goroff, Daniel L [edt]Material type: TextTextSeries: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report: Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009Description: ix, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780226261898 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226261891 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Scientists -- United States | Engineers -- United States | Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States | Engineering -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United StatesDDC classification: 331.7/61500973 LOC classification: Q149.U5 | S3112 2009Online resources: Table of contents only
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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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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