Recent Recruiting Trends and Their Implications for Models of Enlistment Supply

by Murray, Michael P.; McDonald, Laurie L.

• ISBN13: 9780833025692
• ISBN10: 0833025694
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-09
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

The authors estimate an econometric model of high-quality enlistment supply using geographically disaggregated data from two periods.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Figures	p. vii
Tables	p. ix
Summary	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
High-Quality Enlistment Supply and Demand	p. 2
Plan of the Report	p. 4
Variables Influencing Enlistment Supply	p. 7
Overview	p. 7
Time-Series/Cross-Section Structure	p. 8
Variables Linked to Youths' Opportunities	p. 9
Civilian Opportunities	p. 9
Military Opportunities	p. 10
Variables Linked to Recruiting Effort	p. 12
Expected Recruiting Performance	p. 13
Goals	p. 15
Recruiters	p. 16
Numbers of Youths and Numbers of Contracts	p. 16
Geographic and Temporal Dummy Variables	p. 20
The Econometric Models	p. 21
A Formal Model	p. 21
Econometric Strategy	p. 25
Particulars for the Four Services	p. 28
Empirical Results	p. 31
Estimated Models	p. 31
The Army Model	p. 33
The Marine Corps Model	p. 40
The Air Force Model	p. 44
The Navy Model	p. 47
Conclusions and Recommendations	p. 51
Appendix
A Formal Model of Enlistment Supply	p. 55
The Stochastic Specification and Estimation Procedures	p. 61
Estimation Results for Aggregate and Logarithmic Models for the Army	p. 75
Bibliography	p. 81
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