Serving Away From Home: How Deployments Influence Reenlistment
Analyzes how past deployments affect reenlistment.
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James Hosek is an adjunct economist at the RAND Corporation and professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His research has focused on military recruiting, retention, compensation, deployment, personnel quality, and family well-being. Other topics include teacher retention and U.S. competitiveness in science and engineering.
He was editor-in-chief of The RAND Journal of Economics, a leading peer-reviewed journal on industrial organization, from 1989 to 2018. His management positions at RAND included chairing the Economics and Statistics Department, directing the Forces and Resources Policy Center of RAND's National Defense Research Institute, and serving as corporate research manager in Human Capital.
Hosek and his colleagues provided extensive analyses on military retirement reform to defense policymakers, and a reformed system was implemented in 2018. He conducted research for the 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Quadrennial Reviews of Military Compensation, was a member of the Strengthening America's Future initiative of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, and chaired the Economic Advisory Council of the California Institute, a nonprofit organization informing California's congressional delegation on policy matters.
Hosek's research has received RAND's gold and bronze Medal Awards, Spotlight Innovation award, and the President's Award. He is a member of Economists in National Security Analysis, a fellow of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, a member of the American Economic Association, and is in Who's Who. Hosek received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.
Education
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in English, Cornell University
Selected Work
- Hosek, James, Bruce R. Orvis, Army Enlistment Options Optimizer: Research Approach, Findings, and Implications, RAND Corporation (RR-A2214-1), 2023
- James Hosek, David Knapp, Michael G. Mattock, Beth J. Asch, "Incentivizing Retirement: An Analysis of Cash Retirement Incentives for Chicago Teachers," Educational Researcher, 52(2), 2023
- Beth Asch, James Hosek, Michael Mattock, Toward Meaningful Compensation Reform, RAND Corporation (RR-501), 2014
- James Hosek, Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock, Troy Smith, Military and Civilian Pay Levels, Trends, and Recruit Quality, RAND Corporation (RR-2396), 2018
- James Hosek, Beth Asch, John Warner, "New Economics of Manpower in the Post-Cold War Era," Handbook of Defense Economics, Vol. 2, 2007
- Beth Asch, James Hosek, Michael Mattock, Rita Karam, Retaining Air Force Pilots When the Civilian Demand for Pilots Is Growing, RAND Corporation (RR-1455), 2016
- James Hosek, Shelley MacDermid, "Economic Conditions of Military Families," Future of Children, 2013
- Titus Galama and James Hosek, U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology, RAND Corporation (MG-674), 2008