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Managing the all-volunteer force in a time of war

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  • Curtis J. Simon

    (Clemson University)

  • John T. Warner

    (Clemson University)

Abstract

After a rocky start to the volunteer military in the late 1970s, since 1980 the United States military services have met or exceeded their recruiting and retention goals in most years and have done so at reasonable cost. The ongoing conflict in Iraq is the U.S. military's first protracted conflict since the inception of the volunteer force and raises questions about its impacts on recruiting, retention, and cost. This article briefly examines the effects of the war on recruiting, retention, and cost and studies ways of expanding the size of the active Army force, including a return to conscription.

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  • Curtis J. Simon & John T. Warner, 2007. "Managing the all-volunteer force in a time of war," Economics of Peace and Security Journal, EPS Publishing, vol. 2(1), pages 20-29, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:epc:journl:v:2:y:2006:i:1:p:20-29
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    Cited by:

    1. Bäckström, Peter, 2020. "Essays on Military Labour Supply in the Era of Voluntary Recruitment," Umeå Economic Studies 965, Umeå University, Department of Economics.
    2. Beth Asch & Paul Heaton, 2008. "Monopsony and Labor Supply in the Army and Navy," Working Papers 1107, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
    3. Beth Asch & Paul Heaton, 2008. "Monopsony and Labor Supply in the Army and Navy," Working Papers 1107, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
    4. Bingley, Paul & Lyk-Jensen, Stéphanie Vincent, 2024. "Recruiting effective soldiers: Comparing Danish conscripts and volunteers deployed to peace-keeping and peace-enforcing missions," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    5. Christensen, Garret, 2017. "Occupational Fatalities and the Labor Supply: Evidence from the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 182-195.
    6. Bäckström, Peter, 2023. "Empirical Essays on Military Service and the Labour Market," Umeå Economic Studies 1012, Umeå University, Department of Economics.

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    Keywords

    War; armed forces; volunteers; United States;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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