Avery Calkins

Avery Calkins

Economist; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy

Avery Calkins is an economist at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. She is a labor economist whose research focuses on recruiting, retention, and compensation in the military services. Calkins has recently led projects on the setting of special and incentive pays in the U.S. military, the effects of the civilian economy on Army recruiting, the efficiency of the Army recruiting enterprise, and recruiter management in the Department of the Air Force. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan, an MA in Economics from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Education

Ph.D. in economics, University of Michigan; M.A. in economics, University of Michigan; B.S. in economics, Carnegie Mellon University

Selected Work

  • Avery Calkins, Ariel J. Binder, Dana Shaat, Brenden Timpe, "When Sarah Meets Lawrence: The Effects of Coeducation on Women's College Major Choices," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 15(3), 2023
  • Calkins, Avery, Jeffrey B. Wenger, Jeremy M. Eckhause, Craig A. Bond, Tiffany Berglund, Jack Kroger, and Daniel Schwam, An Integrated Model of Recruiting Resources: Optimal Resource Allocation for Regular Army and Army Reserve Recruiting, RAND Corporation (RR-A2441-1), 2025
  • Calkins, Avery, Samuel Absher, Paul Emslie, Catria Gadwah-Meaden, Ashley Gromis, Thomas Light, Anna C. Morgan, Alice Nguyen, Nicolas M. Robles, Stephanie Williamson, Carlos Calvo Hernandez, Barbara Bicksler, and Kimberly J. Lichte, Recruiter Management in the Department of the Air Force, RAND Corporation (RR-A2181-1), 2024
  • Calkins, Avery, Monique Graham, Claude Messan Setodji, David Schulker, and Matthew Walsh, Machine Learning-Enabled Recommendations for the Air Force Officer Assignment System: Volume 5, RAND Corporation (RR-A1745-5), 2024
  • Calkins, Avery, Michael G. Mattock, Beth J. Asch, Ryan A. Schwankhart, and Tara L. Terry, Army Aviation Special and Incentive Pay Policies to Promote Performance, Manage Talent, and Sustain Retention, RAND Corporation (RR-A2234-1), 2023
  • Schell, Terry L., Sarah O. Meadows, Avery Calkins, Matthew Cefalu, Linda Cottrell, and Rebecca L. Collins, Types of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the Active-Duty Army, RAND Corporation (RR-A1385-3), 2023
  • Calkins, Avery, Beth J. Asch, What Happened to Military Recruiting and Retention of Enlisted Personnel in 2020 During the COVID-19 Pandemic?RAND Corporation (RR-A1092-1), 2022
  • Calkins, Avery, Matthew Cefalu, Terry L. Schell, Linda Cottrell, Sarah O. Meadows, and Rebecca L. Collins, Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination in the Active-Component Army: Variation in Most Serious Event Characteristics by Gender and Installation Risk, RAND Corporation (RR-A1385-1), 2021

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