earlier professional work experience affects skilled worker development. In a field experiment, 1,787 Engineering majors were … systematic differences in inclination to take Engineering elective courses, choice of major, and the probability of persisting in … Engineering years later--consistent with engagement, retention, and sorting effects. Early exposure notably increased academic and …

We estimate the labor market return to an MBA, a JD, and master's in engineering, nursing, education, psychology and …

from science and engineering relative to other fields. I find that the higher relative exit rate is driven by engineering … rather than science, and show that 60% of the gap can be explained by the relatively greater exit rate from engineering of …-science and engineering fields as a comparison group. The relative exit rate by gender from engineering does not differ from that …

known about either the efficacy or costs of these programs. This paper examines affirmative action in engineering colleges … employed in engineering or advanced technical jobs. Finally, we find no evidence that the marginal upper-caste applicant who is …

This article reviews and evaluates the nascent literature on the economics of climate engineering. The literature … distinguishes between two broad types of climate engineering: solar radiation management and carbon dioxide removal. We review the … science and engineering characteristics of these technologies and analyze the implications of those characteristics on …

In the past two decades China leaped from bit player in global science and engineering (S&E) to become the world … latecomer to modern science and engineering, China trailed the US and other advanced countries in the quality of its … from the deep educational and research links it developed with the US. The findings suggest that global mobility of people …