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- Title
Report of the Director.
- Authors
Hinshaw, C. Elton
- Abstract
This article presents the report of the director of the Job Openings for Economists, an employment advertising publication of the American Economic Association. During 1978, employers advertised 1,647 new vacancies. Of these, 1,150 (70 percent) were classified as academic and 497 (30 percent) were nonacademic. Last year, employers advertised 1,470 new vacancies; 68 percent were academic and 32 percent were nonacademic. The division between academic and nonacademic remained roughly the same, but the total number of new vacancies increased by 12 percent. A table is presented to show the total listings (employers), total vacancies advertised, new listings and new vacancies by type for each issue of JOE in 1978. Universities with graduate programs and four-year colleges continue to be the major source of job listings. They constituted 44 and 37 percent, respectively, of total employers. This is comparable to last year's 46 and 32 percent for the two. Another table shows the number of employers by type for each 1978 issue. The distribution is similar to that in 1976 and 1977. The field of specialization most in demand continues to be general economic theory. Generalists with a strong background in mathematics and statistics appear to be the type of economists that employers are seeking.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; PUBLICATIONS; JOB advertising; CLASSIFIED advertising; EMPLOYMENT
- Publication
American Economic Review, 1979, Vol 69, Issue 2, p412
- ISSN
0002-8282
- Publication type
Article