Download or read book Models of the First term Reenlistment Decision written by Winston Chow and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Uses data on 4,000 first-term Army, Navy, and Air Force enlisted personnel to construct a model of reenlistment based on survey measures of the value of regular military compensation (RMC), bonuses, in-kind and in-cash allowances, and negative aspects of the service environment. Concludes that reenlistment rates would rise significantly if RMC were increased, but that changes in the other factors would have negligible effect. Reenlistment rates were higher among personnel who received higher bonus payments, among females and nonwhites, and among those who received the dependent quarters allowance in kind instead of in cash. Rates were lower among those who underestimated the value of their compensation, who had completed high school education or more, whose test scores indicated high mental ability, and who served in the Air Force. Although rises in RMC are effective, the authors concluded that shifting to all-cash compensation would entail dislocations that could outweigh the beneficial effects on reenlistment."--Rand abstracts.

Download or read book Models of the First Term Reenlistment Decision written by Rand Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Quantitative Model of the Considerations Determining Enlistment and Reenlistment Behavior written by Stuart H. Rakoff and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project was designed to improve the understanding and modeling of the decisions, made each year by thousands of first-term soldiers, to reenlist in the Army or to leave for civilian jobs and school. A model of the reenlistment decision formulated from a decision-analytic perspective was developed, based on an extensive review of the literature in the areas of military personnel, job satisfaction and job change, and decision theory, as well as from focus groups conducted with first-term soldiers at Fort Benning, Georgia. A multicomponent decision-modeling approach incorporating attitudinal, normative, and affective predictors of reenlistment intent was then developed, along with a set of instruments to capture data on these components. Consistent with previous findings for an enlistment task, the analysis of the pilot test data indicated that the three components predicted reenlistment intent in the following rank order: affect, attitudinal, and normative. The results also suggest that the Army has available tools for influencing these reenlistment decisions that are much more varied than the limited set of mainly economic factors that are now predominant in these programs. Specifically, the affective component dominated the economic variables in predicting reenlistment intent for this limited sample of soldiers, and may be an important reenlistment program and policy lever in the future. Keywords: Military personnel, Retention.

Download or read book Factors Affecting First Term Reenlistment Decisions in the United States Army written by Clayton O. Sheffield and published by . This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to analyze factors that influence first-term reenlistment decisions in the United States Army. The main focus of the thesis is the analysis of information collected from soldier's official records that bear on the reenlistment decision. Data from the US Army Small Tracking File (STF) and records from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) cohort files were employed. The Army currently categorizes enlistees into ten characteristic groups (C-groups) based on gender, education, Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores, and initial enlistment term. This thesis examined data across all C-groups and for enlistees from three cohorts: 1990, 1991 and 1992. The data was evaluated using descriptive statistics, cross- tabulation analysis, and logistics regression. The estimated model compares the results across C-groups using C-group 1 as the base group. Results indicate that certain factors affect the various C-groups differently. Not all factors were significant for all C- groups, but race, age, and youth organization participation were key influences across most C-groups. The family status and enlistment term variables were significant, however, they affected men and women differently. This theses should be helpful to Army personnel responsible for establishing reenlistment policy.

Download or read book An Economic Analysis of First Term Reenlistment in the Air Force written by John M. Quigley and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study investigates the reenlistment decision-making process for first term enlisted men in the Air Force. A series of predictive models was generated based on individuals who entered the Air Force between 1956 and 1962 and who made voluntary reenlistment or separation decisions. These models relate the reenlistment behavior of whites, nonwhites, high school graduates, and nongraduates to pay, promotion, education, and aptitude variables for each of six Air Force occupational areas. The findings of the analysis indicate that reenlistment rates are sensitive to the national economy, military pay, educational level, and aptitude scores. Increases in military pay induce relatively greater reenlistment responses from white and high school graduates. Proficiency pay at $30 per month is not sufficient to offset the more attractive civilian alternatives for skilled technicians. Proficiency pay at $60 per month does induce skilled technicians to reenlist at higher rates than their lesser skilled contemporaries. The study also examines the influence of such factors as age, marital status, and draft-induced enlistments. (Author).

Download or read book A Model of Reenlistment Behavior written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A logit model was applied to estimate the effect of selective reenlistment bonuses (SRBs) on the retention rates of Army Soldiers. The model was estimated separately by occupational group and by first (zone A), second (zone B) and third term (zone C) reenlistment decisions. An "annualized cost of leaving" (ACOL) variable was constructed to estimate the net financial returns to reenlisting in the Army compared to leaving for the civilian sector. The model was estimated using data on actual reenlistments from the period FYl99O tlirough FY2OOO. The effects of SRBs on reenlistments at Zones A, B, and C were estimated at three levels of occupational aggregation-all Army, CMF, and MOS. After out-of-sample testing, we re-specified and re-estimated the model. In general, the results for Zone A at all levels of occupational aggregation indicate that reenlistment bonuses have a positive and statistically significant effect on Zone A reenlistments. The magnitude of the effect varied by occupation, but a one-level increase in SRB at Zone A typically increases the reenlistment rate by three to seven percentage points, depending upon the occupation. The results for Zone B are also solid at both the CMF and MOS levels. Results for Zone C, where reenlistment rates are typically very high, were reasonably solid but not as good as the Zone A and B results. We were unable to obtain positive, statistically significant ACOL parameter estimates for a small number of occupation groups. Statistically significant effects for demographic control variables and labor market conditions were also obtained.

Download or read book An Explanatory Analysis of First Term Reenlistment Modeling Using the Persmart Data Warehouse written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy Bureau of Personnel has constructed a data warehouse (PerSMART) for use by Navy manpower planners. PerSMART is currently building a Retention Monitoring Module (RMM) intended to give Navy manpower planners a way of quickly assessing the impact of current and proposed policies on enlisted retention within the Navy. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the structure of PerSMART and identify possible data and models that could be useful in the construction of the Retention Modeling Module (RMM). The first part of this thesis conducts a literature review of studies looking at civilian and military retention and the effects of compensation, in particular Selective Reenlistment Bonuses (SRB), on retention, The second half of this thesis estimates and specifies a model examining the effects of SRBs on the retention behavior of Zone A sailors at the reenlistment decision point during fiscal years 1995-2001. The model shows a positive relationship exists between SRBs and retention. A one-unit increase in the SRB multiple was found to increase the probability of reenlistment by 3.6 percentage points on average. However, the marginal effect varied across rating groups from 0.8 to 10.4 percentage points. Finally, recommendations are given for future model specifications and sources of data.

Download or read book An Explanatory Analysis of First Term Reenlistment Modeling Using the Persmart Data Warehouse written by Robert W. Mook, III and published by . This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy Bureau of Personnel has constructed a data warehouse (PerSMART) for use by Navy manpower planners. PerSMART is currently building a Retention Monitoring Module (RMM) intended to give Navy manpower planners a way of quickly assessing the impact of current and proposed policies on enlisted retention within the Navy. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the structure of PerSMART and identify possible data and models that could be useful in the construction of the Retention Modeling Module (RMM). The first part of this thesis conducts a literature review of studies looking at civilian and military retention and the effects of compensation, in particular Selective Reenlistment Bonuses (SRB), on retention, The second half of this thesis estimates and specifies a model examining the effects of SRBs on the retention behavior of Zone A sailors at the reenlistment decision point during fiscal years 1995-2001. The model shows a positive relationship exists between SRBs and retention. A one-unit increase in the SRB multiple was found to increase the probability of reenlistment by 3.6 percentage points on average. However, the marginal effect varied across rating groups from 0.8 to 10.4 percentage points. Finally, recommendations are given for future model specifications and sources of data.

Download or read book Serving Away from Home written by James R. Hosek and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2002 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does deployment affect reenlistment? The authors look at this particular issue in wake of the high rate of military deployment throughout the 1990s and with the prospect that deployment will rise even more in the coming years. The research finds that reenlistment was higher among members who deployed compared with those who did not. The analysis suggests that past deployment influences current reenlistment behavior because it enables members to learn about their preferences for deployment.

Download or read book Reenlistment Bonuses and First term Retention written by John H. Enns and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extension of the methodology and data used in an earlier Rand study (reported in R-1502-ARPA) which developed and estimated a statistical model of reenlistment supply for the Army, Navy, and Air Force for a single year, FY 1971. The present study analyzes four years of reenlistment data (FY 1971-FY 1974) using two regression models to generate an estimate of a four-year average bonus response. It is concluded that (1) selective reenlistment bonuses have the desired positive effect on first-term reenlistment rates; (2) the bonus elasticity under current bonus policy is likely to about 2.0; (3) differences in bonus response between service branches are not large enough to require separate bonus management policies for each service; (4) the different bonus multiples each produce about the same per dollar effect; and (5) there is no evidence of differences between broadly defined occupational groups in bonus response. (Author).

Download or read book A Quantitative Model of the Considerations Determining Enlistment and Reenlistment Behavior written by Stuart H. Rakoff and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project was designed to improve the understanding and modeling of the decisions, made each year by thousands of first-term soldiers, to reenlist in the Army or to leave for civilian jobs and school. A model of the reenlistment decision formulated from a decision-analytic perspective was developed, based on an extensive review of the literature in the areas of military personnel, job satisfaction and job change, and decision theory, as well as from focus groups conducted with first-term soldiers at Fort Benning, Georgia. A multicomponent decision-modeling approach incorporating attitudinal, normative, and affective predictors of reenlistment intent was then developed, along with a set of instruments to capture data on these components. Consistent with previous findings for an enlistment task, the analysis of the pilot test data indicated that the three components predicted reenlistment intent in the following rank order: affect, attitudinal, and normative. The results also suggest that the Army has available tools for influencing these reenlistment decisions that are much more varied than the limited set of mainly economic factors that are now predominant in these programs. Specifically, the affective component dominated the economic variables in predicting reenlistment intent for this limited sample of soldiers, and may be an important reenlistment program and policy lever in the future. Keywords: Military personnel, Retention.

Download or read book Cash Incentives and Military Enlistment Attrition and Reenlistment written by Beth J. Asch and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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"--P. iii.

Download or read book Model Description and Proposed Application for the Enlisted Personnel Inventory Cost and Compensation Model written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Army Manpower Economics written by Curtis L Gilroy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) and the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, U.S. Army, sponsored a Conference on Army Manpower Economics in Williamsburg, Virginia, on December 5-7, 1984. With the military's growing interest in economic research and the usefulness of econometric analyses in addressing military manpower issues, it was appropriate to assemble senior Army policy makers, leading academicians, and other researchers to discuss Army manpower research and policy issues. The collection of articles presented in this volume is a direct outgrowth of that conference.

Download or read book How Have Deployments During the War on Terrorism Affected Reenlistment written by James Hosek and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research sought to understand how recent deployments have affected reenlistment by examining trends in deployments and reenlistments, developing a theoretical model, and conducting an econometric analysis of survey and administrative data to identify the effect of deployment, by service, on reenlistment. It also examined the role of reenlistment bonuses in maintaining reenlistment levels during the war on terrorism.