The Persistent Deficit of Militia Officers in the Swiss Armed Forces: An Opportunity Cost Explanation
| Autor: | Marcus Matthias Keupp, Dimitri Percia David, Ricardo Marino, Patrick Hofstetter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Finance
021110 strategic defence & security studies Economics and Econometrics education.field_of_study Military recruitment Opportunity cost Actuarial science business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Population 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Private sector Officer Service (economics) 0502 economics and business 050207 economics business education Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Military organization media_common |
| Zdroj: | Defence and Peace Economics. 30:111-127 |
| ISSN: | 1476-8267 1024-2694 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10242694.2017.1354171 |
| Popis: | The Swiss Armed Forces are suffering from a structural deficit of militia officers despite good pay and a general supportive attitude in the population. Whereas, prior studies have focused on motivation to explain understaffing in armed forces, we offer an alternative approach based on opportunity cost. We model decision alternatives both within and outside a military organization, taking private sector employment as the reference point. We then monetize opportunity costs of leisure, fringe benefits, and private sector income not compensated. Our results suggest that in terms of opportunity cost, service as a militia officer is the least attractive option, an effect that we believe explains the persistent staff deficit. Implications of these findings for the literature and recruitment policy are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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