Science and Engineering Careers in the United States: An Analysis of Markets and Employment
Richard B. Freeman and Daniel L. Goroff, editors
Conference held October 19-20, 2005
Published in June 2009 by University of Chicago Press
© 2009 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
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393 pages
ISBN: 0-226-26189-1
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Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgments:
Richard B. Freeman, Daniel L. Goroff
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Introduction:
Richard B. Freeman, Daniel L. Goroff
(p. 1 - 16)
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Supporting "The Best and Brightest" in Science and Engineering: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships:
Richard B. Freeman, Tanwin Chang, Hanley Chiang
(p. 19 - 57)
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Internationalization of U.S. Doctorate Education:
John Bound, Sarah Turner, Patrick Walsh
(p. 59 - 97)
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Improving the Postdoctoral Experience: An Empirical Approach:
Geoff Davis
(p. 99 - 127)
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Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates:
George J. Borjas
(p. 131 - 161)
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Does Science Promote Women? Evidence from Academia 1973-2001:
Donna K. Ginther, Shulamit Kahn
(p. 163 - 194)
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Patterns of Male and Female Scientific Dissemination in Public and Private Science:
Kjersten Bunker Whittington
(p. 195 - 228)
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Educational Mismatch among Ph.D.s: Determinants and Consequences:
Keith A. Bender, John S. Heywood
(p. 229 - 255)
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Capturing Knowledge: The Location Decision of New Ph.D.s Working in Industry:
Albert J. Sumell, Paula E. Stephan, James D. Adams
(p. 257 - 287)
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Instruments of Commerce and Knowledge: Probe Microscopy, 1980-2000:
Cyrus C. M. Mody
(p. 291 - 319)
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International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from an Inventor-Firm Matched Data Set:
Jinyoung Kim, Sangjoon John Lee, Gerald Marschke
(p. 321 - 348)
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The Growing Allocative Inefficiency of the U.S. Higher Education Sector:
James D. Adams, J. Roger Clemmons
(p. 349 - 382)
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