TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Employers regularly complain of a shortage of qualified scientists and advocate that to remain competitive more scientists need to be trained. However, using a survey of graduates from British universities, I report that 3 years after graduation less than 50% of graduates from science subjects are working in a scientific occupation.Accounting for selection into major and occupation type, I estimate the wages of graduates and report that the wage premium of science graduates only occurs when these graduates are matched to a scientific occupation – and not because science skills are in demand in all occupations. I also provide additional evidence to assess whether science graduates are pushed or pulled into non-scientific occupations. Altogether, the evidence does not support the claim that science graduates are pulled by better conditions, financial or otherwise, into non-scientific jobs.
VL  - 45
SN  - 978-1-78714-377-7, 978-1-78714-378-4/0147-9121
DO  - 10.1108/S0147-912120170000045001
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0147-912120170000045001
AU  - Chevalier Arnaud
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - To Be or Not to Be a Scientist?☆
T2  - Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets
T3  - Research in Labor Economics
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 39
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -