Empirical Analysis Of Career Transitions Of Sciences And Engineering Doctorates In The Us

Natalia Mishagina (natalia.mishagina@cirano.qc.ca)

No 1137, Working Paper from Economics Department, Queen's University

Abstract: This paper studies career mobility of white male doctorates innatural sciences and engineering using the Survey of DoctorateRecipients (1973-2001). The paper focuses on two issues. First, itassesses the relevance of doctoral careers to sciences andengineering (S&E) in general, and research and development inparticular. Second, it evaluates participation rates and mobilitypatterns of doctorates in careers of different types. To analyzehow various factors affect mobility, a transition model withcompeting risks is specified and estimated. The paper finds thatonly half of doctorates have careers in R&D, and another 8% workin occupations outside the scope of S&E. Employment choices varythroughout a career. Mobility both within- and out of S&E isespecially high during the first 16 years on the job. The effectsof individual and job characteristics, research productivity, andlabor market conditions on transitions are also assessed.

Keywords: duration analysis; competing risks; science and technology workforce; high-skilled labor; occupational choices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 J24 J44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2007-10
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