The Market for College-Trained Manpower: A Study in the Economics of Career Choice

Richard B. Freeman

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The Market for College-Trained Manpower

A Study in the Economics of Career Choice

Richard B. Freeman

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1971

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
1. The Economic Theory of Occupational Choice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Models of the Labor and Education Markets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
3. Developments in the Market for Highly Specialized Workers after World War II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. The Cobweb Pattern: the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
5. The Income of Doctorate Specialists Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
6. Stipend Income and Educational Subsidies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
7. The Incomplete Adjustment Pattern: Doctorate Manpower Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
8. Cobweb and Incomplete Adjustment in Other College Markets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
9. Demand for Education and the Market for Faculty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
10. Career Plans and Occupational Choice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
11. Expectations and Marginal Decision-Making Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
12. Policy and Research Implications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Appendices, notes, index
Appendix A. Computation of Incremental Taxes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Appendix B. Questionnaire and Representative Response Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Appendix C. Analysis of the Response Bias Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261

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eBook published on:

October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674189447

Hardcover published on:

February 5, 1971

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674189423

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

Front matter:

26

Main content:

264

Illustrations:

29

Tables:

83

Other:

29 figures, 83 tables

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674189447

eBook ISBN: 9780674189447

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674189423

Keywords for this book

College graduates -- Employment -- United States.; Vocational interests.

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Professional and scholarly;

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