Effects of Health Insurance and Medical Care Inflation on Voluntary Enlistment in the Army: An Empirical Study in the United States

Richard Cebula ()

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Abstract: This study empirically investigates determinants of enlistment in the U.S. Army over the period 1974 through 2008. The emphasis is on the impacts of both the availability of free medical care and the challenges of addressing higher medical care inflation. The study estimates reveal that the higher the percentage of the general population without healthcare insurance, the greater the incentive to enlist in the U.S. Army. In addition, the estimates reveal that the greater the degree of medical care inflation, the greater the rate of U.S. Army enlistment.

Keywords: migration; health insurance; medical care inflation; enlistment in the U.S. Army (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D70 E31 I13 I18 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-04-14
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Published in International Journal of Management 1.28(2011): pp. 349-362

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