Self-Selection and Recruit Quality in Sweden’s All Volunteer Force: Do Civilian Opportunities Matter?
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Keywords
military labour market; military recruitment; self-selection; enlistment test; Roy model;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2019-12-09 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LAB-2019-12-09 (Labour Economics)
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