War versus peace: does military officer quality adjust?

Marigee Bacolod, Michael Griner and Chad W. Seagren

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 18, 1278-1282

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.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1418067

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