The Labor Market for Engineers in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
基于对半导体生产工程师的问卷调查，研究了美国半导体行业工程师劳动力市场的组织和地理分布，发现硅谷的产业集聚伴随着高频率的短期雇佣和工程师在厂商间的流动，这是柔性制造的重要特征。
This paper examines the organization and geography of the labor market for engineers in the U.S. semiconductor industry. The analysis is based upon work history data collected through a questionnaire survey of semiconductor production engineers. Locational agglomeration of semiconductor production in Silicon Valley is accompanied by an intensive localized dynamic of labor mobility in which engineers move between firms in a series of short term employment contracts. Fluid employment relations and high levels of inter-firm worker mobility are shown to be an important dimension of the flexible manufacturing forms emerging in Silicon Valley.