Science and Engineering Careers in the United

Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off than they were twenty years ago. In Health at Older Ages, a distinguished team of economists analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in economic terms, and proposes what might be done to accelerate future improvements in the health of our most elderly populations. This breakthrough volume argues that educational attainment, high socioeconomic status, an older retirement age, and accessible medical care have improved the health and quality of life of seniors.

Richard B. Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University. He is director of the Labor Studies Program at the NBER and is the author of over thirty-five books.

Daniel L. Goroff is professor of mathematics and economics at Harvey Mudd College and codirector of the Sloan Scientific and Engineering Workforce Project based at the NBER.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Supply of Students and Postdoctoral Fellows to Science and Engineering
Supporting "The Best and Brightest" in Science and Engineering: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships	p. 19
Internationalization of U.S. Doctorate Education	p. 59
Improving the Postdoctoral Experience: An Empirical Approach	p. 99
Careers in Changing Markets
Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates	p. 131
Does Science Promote Women? Evidence from Academia 1973-2001	p. 163
Patterns of Male and Female Scientific Dissemination in Public and Private Science	p. 195
Educational Mismatch among Ph.D.s: Determinants and Consequences	p. 229
Capturing Knowledge: The Location Decision of New Ph.D.s Working in Industry	p. 257
Creation and use of Knowledge
Instruments of Commerce and Knowledge: Probe Microscopy, 1980-2000	p. 291
International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from an Inventor-Firm Matched Data Set	p. 321
The Growing Allocative Inefficiency of the U.S. Higher Education Sector	p. 349
Contributors	p. 383
Author Index	p. 385
Subject Index	p. 389
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