Citation

Bacolod M, Griner M, Seagren CW. Appl. Econ. Lett. 2018; 25(18): 1278-1282.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13504851.2017.1418067

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In this study, we demonstrate the quantity-quality trade-off between the size of the U.S. military force and the quality of its junior military leaders. We employ a difference-in-differences methodology and compare measures of job performance before and after to show that in periods of military force expansion, the average quality of U.S. Marine officers decline; the converse holds in times of relative peace. This has implications for both military effectiveness and understanding labour market dynamics.

Language: en

Keywords

Cyclical quality adjustment; difference-in-difference; H56; J24; J40; job performance; officer quality; U.S. military