The Postdoc Queue: A Labour Force in Waiting

Postdoctoral fellows (postdocs) comprise a large sector of the US scientific workforce. A substantial majority of postdocs are in a holding pattern, seeking tenure-track assistant professorships. We model the postdoc population as a labour force in waiting—in queue. Postdocs enter the queue as they...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andalib, Maryam A., Ghaffarzadegan, Navid, Larson, Richard Charles
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2019
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122786