NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

POLICY AND DATA ISSUES OF THE SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE

NBER / SLOAN FOUNDATION WORKSHOP

March 23, 2001

Richard B. Freeman: Organizer

American Association for the Advancement of Science

1200 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC

8:30 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 AM SESSION I: INTRODUCTION: WHAT ARE THE KEY POLICY AND DATA ISSUES?

GREETINGS - Prof. Richard B. Freeman

KEY POLICY ISSUES

Dr. Joseph Bordogna

Prof. Daniel Goroff

9:30 AM SESSION II: MARKET ISSUES

CHAIR - Richard B. Freeman

DISCUSSANTS

IMMIGRATION ISSUES - Prof. George Borjas

MARKET FOR BIOLOGISTS - Prof. Scott Stern

NEW ENTRANTS AND PIs IN BIOLOGY - Eric Weinstein, Phd

MODELING MARKET - Dr. Charles Goldman

11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK

11:15 AM SESSION III: THE MAJOR DATA SOURCES: What They Have and Plans for Improvement

CHAIR - Prof. Paula Stephan

DISCUSSANTS

SESTAT DATA / DRF - Mary Frase

CPS and BLS SURVEYS - Anne Polivka

NCES SURVEYS - Drew Malizio

WEB-BASED SURVEYS - Geoff Davis

GSS AND POST-CENSAL SURVEYS - Dr. Walter Schaffer

12:45 PM LUNCH

1:30 PM SESSION IV: IMPROVING THE DATA - ANALYSIS - POLICY LINKAGE

CHAIR - Prof. Ronald Oaxaca

DISCUSSANTS

WHAT ARE THE KEY QUESTIONS CURRENT DATA CAN'T ANSWER? - Lawrence Burton

E-MAIL RESPONSES TO THE KEY QUESTIONS - Prof. Richard B. Freeman

2:30 PM SESSION V: CAREER PATTERNS, PRODUCTIVITY AND ATTRITION

CHAIR - Dr. Rolf Lehming

DISCUSSANTS

SKILL DEPRECIATION - Prof. Anne Preston

CAREER PATTERNS - Prof. Sharon Levin

WHAT DOES SESTAT DATA TELL US ABOUT CAREER PATTERNS? - Mark Regets

3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK

3:45 SESSION VI: SCIENCE WORKERS IN INDUSTRY: PRODUCTIVITY AND FIRM ISSUES

CHAIR - Prof. Adam Jaffe

DISCUSSANTS

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION RELATED TO UNIVERSITY LOCATION - Prof. John Bound

UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS - Prof. Jim Adams

THE LINK FROM UNIVERSITY RESEARCH TO OUTPUT - Prof. Lee Branstetter

5:00 RESEARCHERS' DISCUSSION OF FOLLOW-UPS

5:30 PM ADJOURN