Chapter 32 New Economics of Manpower in the Post-Cold War Era

Handbook of Defense Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1075-1138

  Asch, Beth J ^a   Hosek, James R ^a   Warner, John T ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold War; conscription; deployment; downsizing; draft; dynamic programming; enlistment supply; manpower; military; military compensation; operational tempo; productivity; reserves; retention; volunteer force

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049125058     PISSN: 15740013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0013(06)02032-1     Document Type: Review

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