The military recruiting productivity slowdown: The roles of resources, opportunity cost and the tastes of youth

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 329-342

  Warner, John T ^b   Simon, Curtis J ^a   Payne, Deborah M ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Opportunity Cost; Recruitment; US military

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042415334     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242690302923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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