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Title: Dynamics of Engineering Labor Markets: Petroleum Engineering Demand and Responsive Supply

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Publication Year: 2018

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DOI: 10.7282/t3

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Abstract: The dynamics of engineering labor markets are controversial. Some believe they are similar to other labor markets, in which the supply of workers is responsive to demand asreflected in salaries. As the demand for engineers increases, salaries increase, motivating more students to major in engineering and more incumbents to stay in engineering. Others assert thatthespecializedknowledge andarduous educationand trainingrequired of engineers inherently limit the size of the labor pool. According to this view, the U.S. education system does not produce a sufficient number of qualified engineerstomeet national needs. One problem issaid to be a lack of interest in the profession of engineering by American young people, especially women and some minorities. Another is a supposed weakness in the U.S. K-12 education system which, it is claimed, does not produce a sufficient number of high school graduates qualified to enter university engineering programs.

Url: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/59813/

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Authors: Lynn, Leonard; Salzman, Hal; Kuehn, Daniel

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Pages: 243-262

Volume Title: U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy

Publisher: University of Chicago and NBER

Publisher Location: Chicago

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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