Since the publication of Volume 1 of the Handbook of Defense Economics, key events have
shaped the defense manpower research agenda and called for research to help …

This article presents a meta-analysis of prior econometric estimates of personal selling
elasticity—that is, the ratio of the percentage change in an objective, ratio-scaled measure of …

Recruiting an all-volunteer military is a formidable task. To successfully enlist one eligible
recruit, the Army must contact approximately 120 young people. The National Research …

Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) educational benefits are a prime recruiting tool in today's all‐
volunteer military. This paper studies the effects of changes in education benefits using data …

Money for education is a primary motivation for military enlistment. One explanation is that
individuals use these benefits to overcome borrowing constraints. I explore this by …

The US military spends roughly $100 million annually to place advertisements to promote
enlistments. Army data for 1981 to 1984 exhibit substantial cross-sectional and times series …

Understanding the factors that explain why some people are more likely to enlist in military
service is an important endeavor for any nation that depends upon a voluntary military force …

The average American military enlistee is likely to differ from the average civilian in
employment ambitions and prospects. Current research on veteran wages, however, only …

Throughout the history of the United States, the South has had higher levels of military
service than other regions of the country. Scholars regularly refer to this phenomenon as a …

Economic studies of military manpower systems emphasize the advantages of voluntarism
under all but the most total threats, but this explains neither the persistence of …