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STEM Crisis or STEM Surplus? Yes and Yes

Overview
Journal Mon Labor Rev
Date 2018 Feb 10
PMID 29422698
Citations 24
Authors
Yi Xue
Richard C Larson
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Abstract

The last decade has seen considerable concern regarding a shortage of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers to meet the demands of the labor market. At the same time, many experts have presented evidence of a STEM worker surplus. A comprehensive literature review, in conjunction with employment statistics, newspaper articles, and our own interviews with company recruiters, reveals a significant heterogeneity in the STEM labor market: the academic sector is generally oversupplied, while the government sector and private industry have shortages in specific areas.

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