A report published this week by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the United States has found that only 1.5 per cent of PhDs were unemployed in 1995, compared with an average US unemployment rate of 5.7 per cent. The report, "Who Is Unemployed? Factors Affecting Unemployment Among Individuals with Doctoral Degrees in Science and Engineering", looked at data from 1973 to 1993 and 1995.
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