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

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Introduction -- 1. The Economic Theory of Occupational Choice -- 2. Models of the Labor and Education Markets -- 3. Developments in the Market for Highly Specialized Workers after World War II -- 4. The Cobweb Pattern: the Bachelor of Science in Engineering -- 5. The Income of Doctorate Specialists -- 6. Stipend Income and Educational Subsidies -- 7. The Incomplete Adjustment Pattern: Doctorate Manpower -- 8. Cobweb and Incomplete Adjustment in Other College Markets -- 9. Demand for Education and the Market for Faculty -- 10. Career Plans and Occupational Choice -- 11. Expectations and Marginal Decision-Making -- 12. Policy and Research Implications -- Appendices, notes, index -- Appendix A. Computation of Incremental Taxes -- Appendix B. Questionnaire and Representative Response -- Appendix C. Analysis of the Response Bias -- Notes -- Index