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Asoni, Andrea Gilli, Andrea Gilli, Mauro Sanandaji, Tino |
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A Mercenary Army of the Poor? Technological Change and the Demographic Composition of the Post-9/11 U.S. Military Journal of Strategic Studies published online (30 January 2020): DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2019.1692660. Also: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402390.2019.1692660 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Keyword(s): Cognitive Ability; Family Income; Military Personnel; Military Recruitment; Socioeconomic Background We test two sets of alternative hypotheses about the demographic composition of the U.S. armed forces. We analyse individual-level data of two national representative samples covering the period 1979-2008. We find that, in contrast to the accepted wisdom, the U.S. military no longer primarily recruits individuals from the most disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. Technological, tactical, operational and doctrinal changes have led to a change in the demand for personnel. As a result, on different metrics such as family income and family wealth as well as cognitive abilities, military personnel are on average like the average American citizen or slightly better. |
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Asoni, Andrea, Andrea Gilli, Mauro Gilli and Tino Sanandaji. "A Mercenary Army of the Poor? Technological Change and the Demographic Composition of the Post-9/11 U.S. Military." Journal of Strategic Studies published online (30 January 2020): DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2019.1692660.
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