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| 700 | _aGILLI Mauro | ||
| 700 | _aSANANDAJI Tino | ||
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_aA mercenary army of the poor? _btechnological change and the demographic composition of the post-9/11 U.S. military/ _cAndrea Asoni, Andrea Gilli, Mauro Gilli & Tino Sanandaji |
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| 260 | _c2022 | ||
| 520 | _aWe 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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_aMILITARY _xPERSONNEL _xTECHNOLOGY _xRECRUITMENT _xINEQUALITY |
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_aThe Journal of Strategic Studies : _gVol 45 No.4, August 2022, pp. 568-614 (98) |
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| 598 | _aMILITARY, TECHNOLOGY | ||
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_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402390.2019.1692660 _zClick here for full text |
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