If programmes to bolster STEM education are effective, they distort the labour market; if they aren’t, they’re a waste of money, argues Colin Macilwain.
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Macilwain, C. Driving students into science is a fool’s errand. Nature 497, 289 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/497289a
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