Research Catalog

Title

The enlistment bonus experiment / J. Michael Polich, James N. Dertouzod, S. James Press.

Author

Polich, J. Michael.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, [1986]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Dertouzos, James N., 1950-
• Press, S. James.
• United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense/Force Management and Personnel

Description

xiii, 60 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"One of the principal challenges for defense managers in recent years has been to attract military recruits within a reasonable level of recruiting expenditure. This report describes the results of a nationwide experiment designed to provide new data on a key enlistment incentive: the cash enlistment bonus, which is paid to qualified recruits entering critical occupational specialties. The report documents the experiment, explains the analysis of its results, and assesses the effects of enlistment bonuses on the Army recruiting process. It addresses three principal effects of the bonus program: (1) attracting "high-quality" recruits into the Army; (2) encouraging enlistments in hard-to-fill critical specialties; and (3) influencing recruits to sign contracts for longer terms of service. The experimental results show that bonuses have substantial effects on recruiting and are a very flexible policy tool, making them a useful option for management of enlistment flows and for overcoming personnel shortages in critical skills."--Rand Abstracts.

Subject

• Bounties, Military > United States
• United States > Armed Forces > Recruiting, enlistment, etc
• United States > Armed Forces > Pay, allowances, etc

Note

• "Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense/Force Management and Personnel."
• "April, 1986."
• "R-3553-FMP."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 59-60.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0833007246

LCCN

^^^86010109^

OCLC

• 13496986
• SCSB-10122102

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library