Cash incentives and military enlistment, attrition, and reenlistment / Beth J. Asch ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Asch, Beth J.

Series:

Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-950-OSD.

Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-950-OSD

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces.

Mathematical models.

United States--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc--Mathematical models.

United States--Armed Forces--Pay, allowances, etc.

United States.

Bounties, Military--United States.

Bounties, Military.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 167 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2010.

Summary:

This monograph provides an empirical analysis of the enlistment, attrition, and reenlistment effects of bonuses, applying statistical models that control for such other factors as recruiting resources, in the case of enlistment and deployments in the case of reenlistment, and demographics. Enlistment and attrition models are estimated for the Army and our reenlistment model approach is twofold. The Army has greatly increased its use of reenlistment bonuses since FY 2004, and we begin by providing an in-depth history of the many changes in its reenlistment bonus program during this decade. We follow this with two independent analyses of the effect of bonuses on Army reenlistment. As we show, the results from the models are consistent, lending credence to the robustness of the estimates. One approach is extended to the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force, to obtain estimates of the effect of bonuses on reenlistment for all services. We also estimate an enlistment model for the Navy. The estimated models are used to address questions about the cost-effectiveness of bonuses and their effects in offsetting other factors that might adversely affect recruiting and retention, such as changes in the civilian economy and frequent deployments.

Contents:

Introduction

Background on enlistment bonuses

Methodology and data for the enlistment model

Enlistment results

Army attrition results

Background on the Army's Selective Reenlistment Bonus Program

Methodology and data for the Army reenlistment model

Reenlistment results for all services

Conclusions

Appendix A. Detailed background on enlistment bonuses

Appendix B. Detailed background on reenlistment bonuses

Appendix C. Estimated reenlistment models, Army 24-MOS sample

Appendix D. Estimated reenlistment models, all services

Appendix E. Average SRBM, by occupation, all services

Appendix F. Distribution of bonuses.

Notes:

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

"RAND National Defense Research Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167).

ISBN:

9780833049667

0833049666

OCLC:

635475290