7. The Influence of Licensing Engineers on Their Labor Market

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgment xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Engineering Labor Market: An Overview of Recent Trends 11
6. I. Engineering Education
7. 2. Career Plans of Undergraduate Engineering Students: Characteristics and Contexts 49
8. 3. Engineering Educational Opportunity: Impacts of 1970s and 1980s Policies to Increase the Share of Black College Graduates with a Major in Engineering or Computer Science 87
9. 4. Bridging the Gaps between Engineering Education and Practice 129
10. II. Engineering and Innovation
11. 5. The Effects of Scientists and Engineers on Productivity and Earnings at the Establishment Where They Work 167
12. 6. What Goes On under the Hood? How Engineers Innovate in the Automotive Supply Chain 193
13. III. Engineers and Labor Markets
14. 7. The Influence of Licensing Engineers on Their Labor Market 217
15. 8. Dynamics of Engineering Labor Markets: Petroleum Engineering Demand and Responsive Supply 243
16. 9. Bridge to Permanent Immigration or Temporary Labor? The H-1B Visa Program Is a Source of Both 263
17. Contributors 285
18. Author Index 287
19. Subject Index 293