The economics of military manpower

The USA and other countries spend a significant portion of their defense budgets on personnel. Effective management of military forces requires an understanding of the economics of military manpower. Over the past three decades economists have produced a substantial body of research about the subject. This chapter distills this literature for a general audience. Topics surveyed include the supply of personnel, personnel productivity and the demand for personnel, procurement by conscription versus voluntary means, the structure of pay, the use of women and reservists, and the civilian return to military training and experience. It also points to directions for future research.

[1]  John J. McCall,et al.  Estimation in sequential decisionmaking models: A methodological note , 1980 .

[2]  R. L. Phillips,et al.  Are Smart Tankers Better? AFQT and Military A Productivity , 1986 .

[3]  V. A. Samaranayake,et al.  The effect of military service on the subsequent civilian wage of the post-Vietnam veteran , 1993 .

[4]  Sheila Nataraj Kirby,et al.  Changing Patterns of Nonprior Service Attrition in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve , 1988 .

[5]  Judith C. Fernandez.  Soldier quality and job performance in team tasks. , 1992 .

[6]  Glenn A. Gotz.  Comment on ‘the dynamics of job separation: The case of federal employees’ , 1990 .

[7]  C. Gilroy.  Army Manpower Economics , 1986 .

[8]  Albert A. Blum,et al.  The Report of the President's Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force. , 1971 .

[9]  Stanley A. Horowitz,et al.  Relating Flying Hours to Aircrew Performance: Evidence for Attack and Transport Missions , 1992 .

[11]  Robert A. Moffitt,et al.  The dynamics of job separation: The case of federal employees , 1990 .

[12]  S. Mehay.  Reserve participation versus moonlighting: Are they the same? , 1991 .

[13]  Adebayo M. Adedeji,et al.  Reenlisting in the Marine Corps: The Impact of Bonuses, Grade, and Dependency Status , 1991 .

[14]  Paul Taubman,et al.  Changes in Life-Cycle Earnings: What Do Social Security Data Show?. , 1982 .

[15]  Charles Brown,et al.  Military Enlistments: What Can We Learn from Geographic Variation? , 1984 .

[16]  William F. Shughart,et al.  The Effects of Reenlistment Bonuses , 1974 .

[17]  Beth J. Asch,et al.  The role of the job counselor in the military enlistment process , 1994 .

[18]  Joshua D. Angrist,et al.  Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records , 1990 .

[20]  H. James.  VARIETIES OF SELECTION BIAS , 1990 .

[21]  Edgar K. Browning.  On the Marginal Welfare Cost of Taxation , 1987 .

[22]  David K. Horne,et al.  ARMY RECRUITING IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT , 1990 .

[23]  Richard B. McKenzie,et al.  Reexamination of the Relative Efficiency of the Draft and the All-Volunteer Army* , 1992 .

[24]  Robert A. Moffitt,et al.  Estimating Dynamic Models of Quit Behavior: The Case of Military Reenlistment , 1995, Journal of Labor Economics.

[25]  Timothy W. Cooke,et al.  What Characterizes Successful Enlistees in the All-Volunteer Force: A Study of Male Recruits in the U.S. Navy. , 1992 .

[26]  Mark C. Berger,et al.  The Civilian Earnings Experience of Vietnam - Era Veterans , 1983 .

[27]  D. Follmann,et al.  Learning Curves, Personal Characteristics, and Job Performance , 1989, Journal of Labor Economics.

[28]  John T Warner,et al.  The Influence of Non-Pecuniary Factors on Labor Supply. , 1981 .

[29]  J. Heckman.  Sample selection bias as a specification error , 1979 .

[30]  Paul F. Hogan,et al.  A Multiperiod Model of U.S. Army Officer Retention Decisions , 1993 .

[31]  Aline O. Quester,et al.  The Effects of Manning and Crew Stability on the Material Condition of Ships , 1991 .

[32]  John T Warner,et al.  Military Experience, Civilian Experience, and the Earnings of Veterans , 1987 .

[33]  Richard L. Fernandez,et al.  Enlistment Effects and Policy Implications of the Educational Assistance Test Program , 1982 .

[34]  Ronald G. Ehrenberg,et al.  Research in Labor Economics. , 1981 .

[35]  John Eric Fredland,et al.  Long-Term Returns to Vocational Training: Evidence from Military Sources. , 1980 .

[36]  Dennis De Tray,et al.  Veteran Status as a Screening Device , 1982 .

[37]  Richard V. L. Cooper.  The Social Cost of Maintaining a Military Labor Force , 1975 .

[38]  Stanley Horowitz,et al.  A Direct Measure of the Relationship between Human Capital and Productivity , 1980 .

[39]  Joshua Angrist,et al.  Why Do World War II Veterans Earn More than Nonveterans? , 1989, Journal of Labor Economics.

[40]  John T. Warner.  MILITARY RECRUITING PROGRAMS DURING THE 1980s: THEIR SUCCESS AND POLICY ISSUES , 1990 .

[41]  Michael S Nakada,et al.  The Military's Monopsony Power , 1983 .

[42]  Beth J. Asch.  Navy Recruiter Productivity and the Freeman Plan , 1990 .

[43]  Anthony C. Fisher.  The Cost of the Draft and the Cost of Ending the Draft , 1969 .

[44]  B. Weisbrod,et al.  Economics of the Military Draft , 1967 .

[45]  Jonathan S. Feinstein,et al.  Asymmetric Information and Collusive Behavior in Auction Markets , 1985 .

[46]  J. Kevin Berner,et al.  Recruiting goals, regime shifts, and the supply of labor to the army , 1993 .

[47]  Sherwin Rosen,et al.  Chapter 12 The theory of equalizing differences , 1986 .

[48]  James N. Dertouzos,et al.  Educational Benefits Versus Enlistment Bonuses: A Comparison of Recruiting Options , 1995 .

[49]  Bernard Udis,et al.  Enlistments in the All-Volunteer Force: A Military Personnel Supply Model and Its Forecasts , 1983 .

[50]  Milton Friedman,et al.  An economist's protest , 1975 .