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Labour Market Conditions and Forecasting the Demand for Engineers

Angel, David P., "The Labor Market for Engineers in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry," Economic Geography, 65(2), April 1989, pages 99-112.

Eckstein, Z,, Weiss, Y. and Fleising, A., "University Policies under Varying Market Conditions: The Training of Electrical Engineers," Economics of Education Review, 7(4), 1988, pages 393-403.

Finn, Michael, "Understanding the Higher Unemployment Rate of Women Scientists and Engineers" American Economic Review, 73(5), December 1983, pages 1137-40.

Forbes, Kevin F. and Zampelli, Ernest M., "Growth, Technology, and the Demand for Scientists and Engineers," Industrial Relations, 30(2), Spring 1991, pages 294-301.

Parmenter, B. R. and Meagher, G. A., "Forecasting the Demand for Engineers in Australia, 1986-87 to 1991-92," Australian Bulletin of Labour, 15(3), June 1989, pages 185-99.

Ryoo, Jaewoo and Rosen, Sherwin: The Market for Engineers, University of Chicago Center for the Study of the Economy and the State Working Paper: 83, November 1992, pages 44.

Scherer, Frederic M., "Market Structure and the Employment of Scientists and Engineers," in Scherer, Frederic M., Innovation and Growth: Schumpeterian Perspectives. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1984, pages 239-48.

Wise-Mohr, Christina: Estimating the Number of New Scientists and Engineers, University of Maryland, Ph.D. 1993



Career Patterns of Engineers, Training and Role of Immigration in Supply

Barley,Stephen R.,Orr,Julian E., eds.: Between Craft and Science: Technical Work in U.S. Settings, Collection on Technology and Work. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, ILR Press, 1997.

Baron, James N., Burton, Diane M. and Hannan, Michael T., Engineering Bureaucracy: The Genesis of Formal Policies, Positons and Structures in High-Technology Firms, mss. (April, 1998).

Biddle, Jeff and Roberts, Karen: Private Sector Scientists and Engineers and the Transition to Management, Journal of Human Resources, 29(1), Winter 1994, pages 82-107.

Ferrall, Christopher:"Levels of Responsibility in Jobs and the Distribution of Earnings among U.S. Engineers, 1961-1986," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 49(1), October 1995, pages 150-69.

Gordon, M., Beauvais,L. and Ladd, R., "The Job Satisfaction and Union Commitment of Unionized Engineers," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 37(3), April 1984, pages 359-70.

Hassan, M. Kabir, The Immigration of Third World Scientists and Engineers to the United States: Theoretical, Empirical and Policy Evaluations, Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics; 7(1), Summer 1988, pages 43-58.

Jones, Robert Clarence: An Economic Analysis of National Society of Professional Engineers versus United States,University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. 1991.

Lam, Alice: "Work Organisation, Skills Development and Utilisation of Engineers: A British-Japanese Comparison," in Crompton, R., Gallie, D., and Purcell, K., eds., Changing forms of employment: Organisations, Skills and Gender. London and New York: Routledge, 1996, pages 182-203.

Lavoie, Marie and Finnie, Ross: The Accumulation of Technology: A Cross-Cohort Longitudincal Analysis of Recent Engineering Graduates, Working Paper W-96-10E (May, 1996), Applied Research Branch - Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa, 1996.

Lavoie, Marie and Finnie, Ross: The Early Careers of Engineers and the Accumulation of Skills in the Canadian Economy, Working Paper W-97-4E (November, 1996), Applied Research Branch - Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa, 1996.

Lavoie, Marie and Finnie, Ross: The School-to-Work Transition of Engineering Graduates, Working Paper W-97-3E (February, 1997), Applied Research Branch - Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa, 1997.

Lavoie, Marie and Finnie, Ross: The Management Ladder for Recent Engineering Graduates in Canada, Working Paper W-97-15E (November, 1997), Applied Research Branch - Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa, 1997.

Lavoie, Marie and Finnie, Ross: "The Occupational Dynamics of Recent Canadian Engineering Graduates Inside and Outside the Bounds of Technology," in Research-Policy, 27(2), June 1998, pages 143-58.

O'Neill, June and Sicherman, Nachum: "Earning Patterns and Changes in Economics and Other Sciences," in Eastern-Economic-Journal, 23(4), Fall 1997, pages 395-409.

Shaw, Christine: "Engineers in the Boardroom: Britain and France Compared," in Cassis,Y., Crouzet, F. and Gourvish,T., eds. Management and Business in Britain and France: The Age of the Corporate Economy. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, 1995, pages 159-68.

Stager, David, Labour Market Trends and Projections for Systems Analysis and computer Programmers in Canada, Working Paper W-99-4E (January, 1999), Applied Research Branch - Human Resources Development Canada, Ottawa, 1999



Economic Performance and the Engineering Profession

Bosworth, Derek and Wilson, Rob: "Qualified Scientists and Engineers and Economic Performance, in Swann, Peter, ed., New technologies and the Firm: Innovation and Competition. London and New York: Routledge, 1993, pages 153-74.

Hammes, David-L., Shaping Our Nation: An Economic Analysis of Canada's Consulting Engineers, Economics of the Service Sector in Canada series, Vancouver: Fraser Institute, 1988, pages xxiii, 165.

Hamdani, Daood, Innovation in the Engineering Services Industry, Advanced Analytical Papers Series, 63F0002XPB No. 30, Statistics Canada, (May, 2000)

National Science Board: Science and Engineering Indicators, Stock No. 038-000-00578-2, Washington, D.C.: U.S.G.P.O., 1987.

National Science Board: Scientists, Engineers and Technicians in Manufacturing Industries, 1992, NSF 95-311, Washington, D.C.: U.S.G.P.O., 1995.

National Science Foundation: Science and Engineering - State Profiles: Fall 1996, Arlington, Va. 1997.

Shatz,Howard J., "Engineers and Scientists in U.S. Manufacturing Trade," Eastern Economic Journal, 22(4), Fall 1996, pages 441-48.

Smith,Chris and Meiksins, Peter "The Role of Professional Engineers in the Diffusion of 'Best Practice' Production Concepts: A Comparative Approach" Economic and Industrial Democracy, 16(3), August 1995, pages 399-427.