How have deployments during the war on terrorism affected reenlistment? / / James Hosek, Francisco Martorell.

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 ree...

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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Monograph (Rand Corporation)
Physical Description:1 online resource (174 p.)
Notes:
  • "MG-873-OSD".
  • "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
  • "National Defense Research Institute."
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Background and Review of Selected Literature; Background; Literature Review; Chapter Three Modeling Deployment and Reenlistment; Utility Model of Deployment; Chapter Four Data Sources and Analysis Samples; Data Sources; Dataset of Reenlistment Decisions; Survey-Administrative Linked Dataset; Chapter FiveEconometric Model; Chapter Six Empirical Results Using Survey Data; Baseline Estimates
  • Estimates Controlling for Overtime Work and Deviations from Expected Time Away fromHomeEstimates Using Similar Specification to That Used in the Administrative Data Analysis; Conclusion; Chapter Seven Empirical Results Using Administrative Data; Estimates of Deployment and Bonus Effects, 2002-2007; Deployment Effects on Retention Over Time; Hostile Deployment Effects by Extent of Deployment; Effects by Service Member Subgroups; Conclusions; Chapter Eight The Role of Reenlistment Bonuses in Sustaining Retention; Illustrative Examples; Comparison to Deployment Pay and Potential Bonus Amounts
  • Reenlistment Bonus Prevalence and GenerosityAccounting for the Impact of Bonuses on Army First-Term Reenlistment; Conclusions; Chapter Nine Conclusion; Appendixes; A. A Model of Reenlistment Bonus Setting; B. R elationship Between Bias in Estimated Bonus Effect and Estimated DeploymentEffect; C. Additional Regression Results; D. Comparison with Hansen and Wenger's Navy Pay Elasticity; References