Governance of Public Research

23-Jan-2003

Governance of public research: case studies on Germany, Hungary, Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States.

S&T Labour Markets: Labour Market Performance of French PhDs: A Statistical Analysis

01-Jan-2001

Drawing on surveys of recent graduates, it analyses the trend rise in higher education graduates in the 1990s and the underlying factors determining employment outcomes, in particular of PhD level graduates.

S&T Labour Markets: Foreign Science and Technology Personnel in the United States.

01-Jan-2001

Although there may well be different national styles in the organisation of science, science itself is a very international activity.

S&T Labour Markets: Labour Market Specialisation and Earnings of Engineers and Scientists in Germany

01-Jan-2001

University graduates are more often employed in research departments than the graduates from technical universities and engineers are more often part of the management than natural scientists.

S&T Labour Markets: Competence Demands for Today and Tomorrow: Quality Progress Through Interaction with Industry

01-Jan-2001

The importance of knowledge in the economy is illustrated by the increase in R&D performed in industry and by the change of "competence profile" or the skills profile of the labour force in companies.

S&T Labour Markets: Information Technology Workers in the Knowledge-based Economy

01-Jan-2001

The National Research Council is in the initial phases of a study that will examine US workforce needs in information technology (IT) over the next ten years and establish a common base for national discussions.

S&T Labour Markets: The Career Trajectories of Knowledge Workers

01-Jan-2001

The diffusion of knowledge throughout the learning economy is of crucial relevance to economic prosperity and growth. But, as this paper attempts to show, the promotion of flexible labour market policy has to be treated with some caution.

S&T Labour Markets: Highly Skilled Globetrotters: The International Migration of Human Capital

01-Jan-2001

Brain drain, skill shortages, and lack of career opportunities have become issues of major concern for policy makers in government, academia, and industry in the final years of the 20 th century.

S&T Labour Markets: Human Resources in Science and Technology in Spain: A Review of the Information Sources

01-Jan-2001

This paper attempts to make a methodological analysis of the Spanish statistical data that may provide information about the human resources in science and technology labour markets. A thorough review is made of the questionnaires in different surveys and the results.

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A comprehensive review of the challenges that call for changes in the governance of OECD countries' science systems.

Governance of Public Research: Toward Better Practices