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Too Many Ph.D. Graduates or Too Few Academic Job Openings: The Basic Reproductive Number R[subscript 0] in Academia
Larson, Richard Charles; Ghaffarzadegan, Navid; Xue, Yi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2013-03)The academic job market has become increasingly competitive for Ph.D. graduates. In this Note we ask the basic question of “Are we producing more Ph.D.’s than needed?” We take a systems approach and offer a “birth rate” ...