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The Labor Market for New Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics Ph.D.s
Author(s) -
Stock Wendy A.,
Siegfried John J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00278.x
Subject(s) - natural resource , agriculture , economics , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , resource (disambiguation) , business , geography , political science , computer science , computer network , law , archaeology
Abstract We describe the characteristics and labor market experiences of new agricultural and natural resource economics Ph.D.s. Women earned roughly 27% of the Ph.D.s earned during 1996–97 and 2001–02; 36% of the Ph.D.s awarded were earned by U.S. citizens. About half of the employed graduates found jobs in academe, with the remainder divided roughly equally among government, international or research organizations, business, industry, and consulting. The median salary of new Ph.D.s holding full‐time jobs in the United States was $62,500 in 2002, up from $47,500 five years earlier.