McDonald’s or the Army? A California Case Study

Abstract: The military is failing to adequately respond to its toughest recruiting environment since the establishment of the all-volunteer force. On measures that often matter …

Naval Service Pay – NFF Report 2018

Abstract: In preparation for its annual presentation of evidence to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) for 2018, the NFF carried out a short online survey on pay. The survey …

Earn all that you can earn: income differences between women veterans and non-veterans

This article examines earnings differences between women veterans and non-veterans. It finds that younger women veterans experienced an earnings disadvantage compared to same-age …

NAVAL SERVICE PAY – NFF REPORT (2017)

Abstract: In preparation for presenting evidence to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB) 2017 the Naval Families Federation (NFF) asked you what you thought about pay in the …

Economic Conditions of Military Families

Abstract: For military children and their families, the economic news is mostly good. After a period of steady pay increases, James Hosek and Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth write, …

Military Experience, Civilian Experience, and the Earnings of Veterans

Abstract:  This paper examines the effects of military exper experience on the earnings of veterans with the ob mining the substitutability of these two forms of sonnel receiving …