TY  - BOOK
AU  - ASONI Andrea
AU  - GILLI Andrea
AU  - GILLI Mauro
AU  - SANANDAJI Tino
TI  - A mercenary army of the poor?: technological change and the demographic composition of the post-9/11 U.S. military
PY  - 2022///
KW  - MILITARY
KW  - PERSONNEL
KW  - TECHNOLOGY
KW  - RECRUITMENT
KW  - INEQUALITY
N2  - 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
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402390.2019.1692660
ER  -