The Effect of Reserve Activations and Active-Duty Deployments on Local Employment During the Global War on Terrorism (2006)

by David S. Loughran, Jacob Klerman, Bogdan Savych

Today, American service personnel are deploying at rates not seen since the Vietnam War. Such deployments and activations have raised concerns about their effect on the local economies. The authors of this report use econometric models to analyze the impact of activations and deployments on economic conditions, as measured by changes in employment at the county level.

66 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006