Ohio State University recently published a study
in the journal, “Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences,” which says that the
average age of scientists has increased significantly in
the last few years. They observed that the mean age
of scientists has increased from 45.1 to 48.6 between
1993 and 2010. What’s more, the share of workers
55 and older almost doubled between 1994 and 2010
from 17 percent to 33 percent. This conclusion was
reached by analyzing data of about 73,000 employed
scientists in the United States. The primary reasons
for this trend, according to the research, focuses
mainly on the aging baby boomer generation,
employees retiring at a later age, and a sparser influx
of college graduates entering scientific fields.
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