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Military Recruitment and Czech Labour Market

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  • Vladan Holcner
  • Monika Davidová
  • Jiří Neubauer
  • Ľubomír Kubínyi
  • Aloiz Flachbart

Abstract

The article presents an empirical analysis of the relation between recruitment in the all-volunteer Czech Armed Forces and selected economic indicators, including actual economic performance, situation on the domestic labour market and development of defence expenditures based on data for the period 2005-2019. The relation between military recruitment and economic performance was examined using values of GDP and GDP dynamics (GDP index). General unemployment rate, the economic activity index1 and the military-to-general average wage ratio were used to analyse the relation of military recruitment and situation on the domestic labour market. The relation between military recruitment and defence expenditures was examined based on general defence burden (share of defence expenditures in GDP), state sector defence burden (share of defence expenditures in state budget expenditures) and year‑on‑year changes in defence expenditures.

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  • Vladan Holcner & Monika Davidová & Jiří Neubauer & Ľubomír Kubínyi & Aloiz Flachbart, 2021. "Military Recruitment and Czech Labour Market," Prague Economic Papers, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2021(4), pages 489-505.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpep:v:2021:y:2021:i:4:id:778:p:489-505
    DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.778
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    1. John Warner & Curtis Simon & Deborah Payne, 2003. "The military recruiting productivity slowdown: The roles of resources, opportunity cost and the tastes of youth," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(5), pages 329-342.
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    Keywords

    Recruitment; military; defence expenditures; labour market; unemployment; gross domestic product;
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    JEL classification:

    • C40 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - General
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
    • J40 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - General
    • M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General

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