National science policy and scientific manpower: Funding effects on job mobility of scientists and engineers in the United States, 1958--1972

Lyman, K L

Title: National science policy and scientific manpower: Funding effects on job mobility of scientists and engineers in the United States, 1958--1972

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Science policy in the United States between 1958 and 1972 was intended to influence the research and development (R D) labor force indirectly, through government funding. An event history analysis of professional R D jobs in five scientific disciplines shows that, while federal funding influences the job mobility of scientists and engineers, other social and economic factors are also significant in explaining mobility patterns. Federal funding significantly decreases the rates of job mobility in all disciplines during the period, stabilizing the employment structure. Indicators of reward-resource arguments-salary, age, and education-significantly affect job mobility. Consistent with human capital and job matching arguments, salary and age significantly reduce mobility. Education is significant only in life science, physical science, and engineering, where higher education leads to increased mobility. Indicators of limited opportunity arguments-socioeconomic background, sex, and ethnicity-show mixed empirical results. Labour markets also significantly affect mobility. In engineering and physical science, a neo-institutional model, which accounts for the degree of government oversight, fits the data best. Social science and life science are best fit by performance sectors, which highlight the importance of universities as employers for these disciplines. Mathematical science is best fit by a model of industrial sectors, consistent with differential expansionmore »« less

Authors:: Lyman, K L

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

Research Org.:: Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 7046194

Resource Type:: Miscellaneous

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENGINEERS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; MANPOWER; CONSTRAINTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL; ECONOMIC POLICY; NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; ANIMALS; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; MAMMALS; MAN; PERSONNEL; PRIMATES; PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; VERTEBRATES; 290200* - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics & Sociology

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  abstractNote = {Science policy in the United States between 1958 and 1972 was intended to influence the research and development (R D) labor force indirectly, through government funding. An event history analysis of professional R D jobs in five scientific disciplines shows that, while federal funding influences the job mobility of scientists and engineers, other social and economic factors are also significant in explaining mobility patterns. Federal funding significantly decreases the rates of job mobility in all disciplines during the period, stabilizing the employment structure. Indicators of reward-resource arguments-salary, age, and education-significantly affect job mobility. Consistent with human capital and job matching arguments, salary and age significantly reduce mobility. Education is significant only in life science, physical science, and engineering, where higher education leads to increased mobility. Indicators of limited opportunity arguments-socioeconomic background, sex, and ethnicity-show mixed empirical results. Labour markets also significantly affect mobility. In engineering and physical science, a neo-institutional model, which accounts for the degree of government oversight, fits the data best. Social science and life science are best fit by performance sectors, which highlight the importance of universities as employers for these disciplines. Mathematical science is best fit by a model of industrial sectors, consistent with differential expansion of the economy that disproportionately affected this discipline. Federal funding has acted to institutionalize R D in the economy and stabilize employment; it has not insulated workers from general socioeconomic factors such as human capital, discrimination and labour markets.},

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