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Recent trends in the U.S. behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR) workforce

PloS one, 2017-02, Vol.12 (2, Art. e0170887), p.18-12:2, Art. e0170887<18 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Recent trends in the U.S. behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR) workforce
Author: Hur, Hyungjo ; Andalib, Maryam A ; Maurer, Julie A ; Hawley, Joshua D ; Ghaffarzadegan, Navid
Rosenbloom, Joshua L
Subjects: Arbeitsproduktivität ; Behavioral sciences ; Behavioral scientists ; Beschäftigungsentwicklung ; Beschäftigungsstruktur ; Biology and Life Sciences ; Biomedical engineering ; Capital Financing ; Community colleges ; Demographic aspects ; Demographics ; Distribution patterns ; Economic aspects ; Efficiency ; Engineering ; Engineering and Technology ; Environmental policy ; Ethnic Groups ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Female ; Forecasts and trends ; Funding ; Gender ; Geschlechterverteilung ; Higher education ; Hispanic Americans ; Humans ; Male ; Medical research ; Minderheit ; Minority & ethnic groups ; Multiculturalism ; Multiculturalism & pluralism ; Nationalität ; Occupations ; People and Places ; Physical sciences ; Political science ; Politics ; Politologe ; Population ; Psychologe ; Race ; Rasse ; Research - education ; Researchers ; Science Policy ; Sex Factors ; Social Sciences ; Social Sciences - education ; Social scientists ; Sozialwissenschaftler ; Soziologe ; Stem cells ; STEM education ; Studies ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Trends ; United States ; USA ; Veröffentlichung ; Wirtschaftswissenschaftler ; Workforce
Is Part Of: PloS one, 2017-02, Vol.12 (2, Art. e0170887), p.18-12:2, Art. e0170887<18
Description: While behavioral and social sciences occupations comprise one of the largest portions of the "STEM" workforce, most studies of diversity in STEM overlook this population, focusing instead on fields such as biomedical or physical sciences. This study evaluates major demographic trends and productivity in the behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR) workforce in the United States during the past decade. Our analysis shows that the demographic trends for different BSSR fields vary. In terms of gender balance, there is no single trend across all BSSR fields; rather, the problems are field-specific, and disciplines such as economics and political science continue to have more men than women. We also show that all BSSR fields suffer from a lack of racial and ethnic diversity. The BSSR workforce is, in fact, less representative of racial and ethnic minorities than are biomedical sciences or engineering. Moreover, in many BSSR subfields, minorities are less likely to receive funding. We point to various funding distribution patterns across different demographic groups of BSSR scientists, and discuss several policy implications.
Publisher: United States: Public Library of Science
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1932-6203
EISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170887
PMID: 28166252
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