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    Science and Engineering Labor Force

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    [Excerpt] Like most developed economies, the United States increasingly depends on a technically skilled workforce, including scientists and engineers. Workers for whom knowledge and skill in S&E are central to their jobs have an effect on the economy and the wider society that is disproportionate to their numbers: they contribute to research and development, increased knowledge, technological innovation, and economic growth. Moreover, the knowledge and skills associated with science and engineering have diffused across occupations and become more important in jobs that are not traditionally associated with S&E

    Interim report on the feasibility of constructing a regional Measure of Domestic Progress (MDP) for East Midlands Development Agency

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    Investigates the feasibility of constructing an adjusted monetarised indicator of regional economic well-being, based on the structure of the nef’s Measure of Domestic Progress (MDP). Provided an overview of challenges in issues addressed in the development of the Regional Index of Sustainable Economic Wellbeing (RISEW) for the 2006 Regional Economic Strategy

    Foundation degree prospectus

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