An Economic Analysis of the Market for Scientists and Engineers

Armen Albert Alchian, Kenneth Arrow, William M. Capron

ResearchPublished 1958

This study was stimulated by the question of whether there is now or has been in the recent past a "shortage" of scientists and engineers, and, if so, in what sense a shortage can exist. To these and allied questions, this study attempts to give partial answers as well as to suggest further research. It applies economic theory to these problems in a way, it is hoped, that will be intelligible to economists and non-economists alike.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1958
  • Pages: 123
  • Document Number: RM-2190-RC

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Alchian, Armen Albert, Kenneth Arrow, and William M. Capron, An Economic Analysis of the Market for Scientists and Engineers. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1958. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM2190.html.
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