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Educational Mismatch among Ph.D.s: Determinants and Consequences

In: Science and Engineering Careers in the United States: An Analysis of Markets and Employment

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Keith A. Bender
John S. Heywood

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This chapter was published in: Keith A. Bender & John S. Heywood Science and Engineering Careers in the United States: An Analysis of Markets and Employment, , pages 229-255, 2009.

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Richard B. Freeman & Daniel Goroff, 2009. "Science and Engineering Careers in the United States: An Analysis of Markets and Employment," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number free09-1.
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