While most doctoral students aspire to become a full-time professor, many graduates with doctoral degrees may instead be employed in temporary positions as university teachers or researchers. The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which these early employment experiences differ for doctoral graduates of various fields of study, using Canada as a case study. Drawing on Statistics Canada’s 2013 National Graduates Survey, our results reveal that doctoral graduates of most fields, especially those with degrees in the sciences, arts, and humanities, are more likely to be in temporary forms of academic employment than they are as full-time professors, 3-to-4 years after graduation. The findings highlight the labor market realities facing doctoral graduates in the Canadian academic labor market. They should also be very informative to researchers and policy analysts in other countries where doctoral graduates experience similar challenges navigating academic job markets.

虽然大多数博士生渴望成为一名全职教授，但许多拥有博士学位的毕业生可能会转而担任大学教师或研究人员的临时职位。本文的目的是使用加拿大作为案例研究，评估各个研究领域的博士毕业生的这些早期就业经历的差异程度。根据加拿大统计局的 2013 年全国毕业生调查，我们的结果显示，大多数领域的博士毕业生，尤其是那些拥有科学、艺术和人文学科学位的博士毕业生，比全职工作更有可能从事临时学术工作。教授，毕业后 3 到 4 年。调查结果突出了加拿大学术劳动力市场博士毕业生面临的劳动力市场现实。