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Engineering undergraduate enrollment and the engineering labor market: a lagged-supply analysis

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dc.contributor.authorSyverson, Peter D.en
dc.contributor.committeechairFreiden, Alan N.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMackay, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMeiselman, David I.en
dc.contributor.departmentEconomicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:41:58Zen
dc.date.adate2012-08-01en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:41:58Zen
dc.date.issued1988-05-05en
dc.date.rdate2012-08-01en
dc.date.sdate2012-08-01en
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between economic and demographic factors and the flow of new students into undergraduate engineering programs was investigated. An empirical analysis was undertaken based on a lagged-supply model developed earlier by Richard Freeman. The analysis involved the replication of the Freeman model over the 1948-1972 period, the extension of the model through 1986, and the forecasting of first-year engineering enrollments up to the year 2000. The model developed in this thesis was able to a accurately mirror the engineering enrollment trends from 1948 to 1986. The economic variables--especially R&D expenditures and starting engineering salaries relative to median income of college graduates--were found to be important factors in the flow of freshmen into engineering. None of the variables relating to demographic trends were found to significantly related to first-year engineering enrollment. The importance of the federal government's role in the engineering labor market through research and development funding is discussed, along with forecasts of possible trends in first-year engineering enrollment.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentiv, 88 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08012012-040402en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08012012-040402/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/44088en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1988.S983.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 18399437en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1988.S983en
dc.subject.lcshEngineering -- Study and teachingen
dc.subject.lcshEngineering -- Vocational guidanceen
dc.subject.lcshEngineers -- Supply and demanden
dc.subject.lcshLabor supplyen
dc.titleEngineering undergraduate enrollment and the engineering labor market: a lagged-supply analysisen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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