Labor Market for New Ph.D.s in 2002
The paper reports results from a survey of the labor market experience of the 2001-02 class of Ph.D. economists. The authors estimate that 850 economics Ph.D.s were awarded by U.S. universities in 2001-02, down about 100 from five years earlier.
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http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Econ/wparchive/workpaper/vu04-w01.pdf