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Beth J. Asch

Santa Monica Office

Associate Director, Forces and Resources Policy Center, National Security Research Division, Senior Economist

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Education

Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Focus

Military recruiting; military compensation; civil service reform; military retention

RAND Research Areas

National Security

Recent Projects

  • Recruitment of minorities
  • Enlistment standards; Recruiting resource effectiveness
  • Military retirement reform
  • Retention of language professionals
  • Reserve recruiting

Selected Publications

John Warner, James Miller, Beth Asch, "Economics and the All-Volunteer Force", in Better Living Through Economics, John Sigfried (Editor), Boston MA: Harvard University Press, 2009

Beth Asch, James Hosek, John Warner, "New Economics of Defense Manpower in the Post-Cold War Era", in The Handbook of Defense Economics. Volume 2. Chapter 32, Edited by Todd Sandler and Keith Hartley. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007

Beth J. Asch et al., The Quality of Personnel in the Enlisted Ranks, RAND Corporation, 2006

Beth J. Asch et al., What Factors Affect the Military Enlistment of Hispanic Youth? A Look at Enlistment Qualifications, RAND Corporation, 2005

Beth J. Asch and James R. Hosek, Looking to the Future: What Does Transformation Mean for Military Manpower and Personnel Policy?, RAND Corporation, 2004

Beth J. Asch et al., Policy Options for Military Recruiting in the College Market: Results from a National Survey, RAND Corporation, 2004

Robert Klitgaard and Paul C. Light, eds., "The Economic Complexities of Incentive Reforms", RAND

Research Focus

Labor economics; personnel economics; defense economics; applied microeconomics; Compensation; labor supply; incentives and worker productivity; military labor supply

RAND Research Areas

National Security

Recent Projects

  • Defense personnel issues
  • Compensation
  • Incentives
  • Labor supply
  • Retirement

Selected Publications

John Sigfried, John Warner, James Miller, Beth Asch, "Economics and the All-Volunteer Force", Better Living Through Economics, 2009

Beth Asch, James Hosek, Michael Mattock Christina Panis, Assessing Compensation Reform: Research in Support of the 10th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, RAND Corporation, 2008

Beth Asch, Christopher Buck, Jacob Klerman, Meredith Kleykamp, and David Loughran, Enlistment of Hispanic Youth: Obstacles and Opportunities, RAND Corporation, 2008

Todd Sandler and Keith Hartley, Beth Asch, James Hosek, John Warner, "New Economics of Defense Manpower in the Post-Cold War Era", The Handbook of Defense Economics, 2007

Research Focus

Military recruiting, military compensation, civil service reform, military retention

Recent Projects

  • Recruitment of minorities
  • Enlistment standards
  • Military retirement reform
  • Reserve recruiting
  • Reserve retirement
  • Military quality of life and family support
  • Civil service retirement
  • Staff researcher on Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation

Selected Publications

The Quality of Personnel in the Enlisted Ranks, Beth J. Asch et al., RAND Corporation, 2005

"The Economic Complexities of Incentive Reforms," in Robert Klitgaard and Paul C. Light, eds., High-Performance Government: Structure, Leadership, Incentives, RAND Corporation, 2005

What Factors Affect the Military Enlistment of Hispanic Youth? A Look at Enlistment Qualifications, Beth J. Asch et al., RAND Corporation, 2005

Looking to the Future: What Does Transformation Mean for Military Manpower and Personnel Policy? Beth J. Asch and James R. Hosek, RAND Corporation, 2004

Policy Options for Military Recruiting in the College Market: Results from a National Survey, Beth J. Asch et al., RAND Corporation, 2004

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Bloomberg News; CQ Weekly; The Economist; Los Angeles Times; Minnesota Public Radio; The Nation; New York Times

Commentary: Boston Globe

To arrange an interview:

Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.

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