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Essays On The Career Choices Of Doctoral Students In The U.S., Chandramouli Banerjee
Essays On The Career Choices Of Doctoral Students In The U.S., Chandramouli Banerjee
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis consists of three essays on the post-graduation career choices of doctoral
students in the U.S. and the impact these choices may have on innovation and the
competitiveness that the U.S. enjoys in the global science and engineering landscape.
The first chapter studies the location choice of work of foreign-born U.S. doctorates,
who have been playing a central role in shaping the U.S. skilled workforce over the
past few decades. Evidence suggests that not all foreign-born U.S. doctorates choose
to remain in the U.S. following graduation. This chapter uses a new data set -
the International Survey of Doctoral …