Ahmed S Rahman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1112166 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ahmed S Rahman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ahmed S |
| FAMILY NAME | Rahman |
| SIGNATURE | RAHMAN A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Naval Academy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2829-0666 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Officer retention and military spending
This article examines how the regional distribution of US military personnel contributed to military expenditures around the country. We first discuss a theory of political economy for military spending-officers who remain in service can eventually help channel military funds and employment to their respective regions of origin, through direct military spending decisions or indirect political channels. Further, if officer retention is positively …
Engineering and labor specialization during the industrial revolution
Disparities in Preventive Health Services Among Somali Immigrants and Refugees
Human Capital and Technological Transition
We explore the effects of human capital on workers during the latter nineteenth century by examining the U.S. Navy. Naval officers belonged either to a regular or an engineer corps and had tasks assigned for their specialized training. We compile education and career data for officers from Naval Academy and navy registers for the years 1858 to 1907. Wage premia for “engineer-skilled” officers deteriorated over their careers; more traditionally sk…
Fighting the forces of gravity – Seapower and maritime trade between the 18th and 20th centuries
Luddites and the Demographic Transition
Technological change was unskilled-labor-biased during the early Industrial Revolution, but is skill-biased today. This is not embedded in extant unified growth models. We develop a model which can endogenously account for these facts, where factor bias reflects profit-maximizing decisions by innovators. Endowments dictate that the early Industrial Revolution be unskilled-labor-biased. Increasing basic knowledge causes a growth takeoff, an income…
Officer retention and military spending
This article examines how the regional distribution of US military personnel contributed to military expenditures around the country. We first discuss a theory of political economy for military spending-officers who remain in service can eventually help channel military funds and employment to their respective regions of origin, through direct military spending decisions or indirect political channels. Further, if officer retention is positively …
Human Capital and Technological Transition
We explore the effects of human capital on workers during the latter nineteenth century by examining the U.S. Navy. Naval officers belonged either to a regular or an engineer corps and had tasks assigned for their specialized training. We compile education and career data for officers from Naval Academy and navy registers for the years 1858 to 1907. Wage premia for “engineer-skilled” officers deteriorated over their careers; more traditionally sk…
Luddites and the Demographic Transition
Technological change was unskilled-labor-biased during the early Industrial Revolution, but is skill-biased today. This is not embedded in extant unified growth models. We develop a model which can endogenously account for these facts, where factor bias reflects profit-maximizing decisions by innovators. Endowments dictate that the early Industrial Revolution be unskilled-labor-biased. Increasing basic knowledge causes a growth takeoff, an income…
Fighting the forces of gravity – Seapower and maritime trade between the 18th and 20th centuries
Human Capital and Technological Transition
We explore the effects of human capital on workers during the latter nineteenth century by examining the U.S. Navy. Naval officers belonged either to a regular or an engineer corps and had tasks assigned for their specialized training. We compile education and career data for officers from Naval Academy and navy registers for the years 1858 to 1907. Wage premia for “engineer-skilled” officers deteriorated over their careers; more traditionally sk…
Disparities in Preventive Health Services Among Somali Immigrants and Refugees
Engineering and labor specialization during the industrial revolution
Officer retention and military spending
This article examines how the regional distribution of US military personnel contributed to military expenditures around the country. We first discuss a theory of political economy for military spending-officers who remain in service can eventually help channel military funds and employment to their respective regions of origin, through direct military spending decisions or indirect political channels. Further, if officer retention is positively …
Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (3 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (3 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Management (3 works) · Navy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works)