A framework for setting special and incentive pays in the Department of the Air Force : motivation, development, and analysis to support the framework / Beth J. Asch... [and 8 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asch, Beth J., author.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-A3172-1.

Research report ; RR-A3172-1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Air Force--Pay, allowances, etc.

United States.

United States. Air Force--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

United States. Space Force--Pay, allowances, etc.

United States. Space Force--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 159 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2025]

Summary:

Special and incentive (S&I) pays, including bonuses, are a key element of military compensation that vary because of such factors as occupation, assignment, duty type, and location. The Department of the Air Force (DAF) requested that RAND Project AIR FORCE develop a strategic compensation framework for S&I pays. The framework's purpose is to ensure that these pays achieve their intended purposes and that the DAF uses them in a coordinated, comprehensive manner while recognizing their interrelationship with other pays and aligning them with the U.S. Air Force's (USAF's) and U.S. Space Force's (USSF's) talent-management goals. The authors reviewed existing statutes, policy documents, and literature related to military compensation; convened a panel of experts to identify strategic objectives, key features, and necessary data and models for the framework; and held, discussions with subject-matter experts (SMEs) involved with setting S&I pays from the DAF, USAF, USSF, and Office of the Secretary of Defense. The authors demonstrate the framework's effectiveness by applying it to one of the DAF's widely used incentive pays: selective retention bonuses. Because the framework highlights the importance of estimating how changes to S&I pays affect desired outcomes, the authors also developed models to estimate the effects of the Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP), which is a pay designed to encourage members to volunteer for difficult-to-fill or less desirable assignments, locations, or units.

Contents:

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

CHAPTER 2: Overview of Special and Incentive Pays in the Department of the Air Force

CHAPTER 3: Toward the Development of a Strategic Framework: Input from Expert Panel

CHAPTER 4: Key Insights from Subject-Matter Expert Discussions

CHAPTER 5: A Strategic Compensation Framework for Setting Special and Incentive Pays in the Department of the Air Force

CHAPTER 6: Case Study Example of the Framework: Selective Retention Bonus

CHAPTER 7: Analysis of the Effects of Assignment Incentive Pay

CHAPTER 8: Conclusions

APPENDIX A: Descriptions of the Department of the Air Force's Special and Incentive Pays

APPENDIX B: Objectives of the Military's Compensation System

APPENDIX C: Subject-Matter Expert Discussion Questions

APPENDIX D: Implementing the Framework: Questions for Pay-Setters

APPENDIX E: Literature Review on the Effects of Special and Incentive Pays

APPENDIX F: Data Construction for the Assignment Incentive Pay Analysis in Chapter 7

APPENDIX G: Additional Details of the Assignment Incentive Pay Choice Model Approach Described in Chapter 7

APPENDIX H: Additional Details of the Assignment Incentive Pay Comparison Group Approach Described in Chapter 7

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781977415295

1977415296

OCLC:

1546621329