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SELECTIVE SERVICE AND THE ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE
March 1, 1982
This paper argues that a strong and viable Selective Service System has a genuine place in America's defense posture regardless of the military personnel procurement policy the Nation follows and that Selective Service, as a complement to the All Volunteer Force, can perform its assigned mission.
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Relating Attitudes Toward Navy Life to Reenlistment Decisions
March 1, 1982
Attitudes toward both compensation and non-monetary attributes of military life were used to predict reenlistment decision for a variety of Navy ratings. Both quantifiable job characteristics (such as medical and recreation services, liberty time, and housing availability) and intangible characteristics (such as job challenge, guidance, and autonomy) were included in the analyses. The identification of sources of discontent that adversely affect reenlistment probability provides potential alternatives to compensation for personnel management.
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Navy Quality of Life and Reenlistment
March 1, 1982
QOL is a broad term used to describe the non-monetary aspects of military living and working conditions. Examines the extent to which the QOL affects reenlistment decisions.
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A RATING ASSIGNMENT PROCEDURE TO INCREASE FIRST-TERM RETENTION
January 1, 1982
Recruits who are 17 years old, or have fewer than 12 years of education, or did not participate in the Delayed Entry Program, and show no preference among A-school assignments can be assigned to A-schools in 60 ratings in a way that will increase their chances of completing the first term of service. The stability of these assignment guides is demonstrated across three recruit cohorts. The procedure can be incorporated easily and inexpensively into the Navy's rating assignment procedure.
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ISSUES IN NAVY MANPOWER RESEARCH AND POLICY: AN ECONOMIST'S PERSPECTIVE
January 1, 1982
This paper summarizes what is and is not known about Navy Manpower problems and points out areas where future work would be most profitable.
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EXAMINING THE DRAFT DEBATE
October 1, 1981
This paper discusses the possibility of returning to conscription during the 1980s and why the all volunteer force is so often deemed a failure.
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CONTINUOUS ESTIMATES OF SURVIVAL THROUGH EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE USING FY 1979 CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
September 1, 1981
Survival curves for NPS male recruits were estimated through eight years of service using the FY 1979 cross-sectional data base. Separate analyses were performed for Class A school attendees and non-A school attendees, holding constant the effects of age, educational level, and mental group. Mean survival times (the areas under the survival curves) were calculated for each recruit profile. A cost-benefit analysis was then performed on the mean survival times calculated over four years of service to determine optimal qualifying scores for enlistment.
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ALTERNATIVE ENLISTMENT STANDARDS
June 1, 1981
This paper examines alternative enlistment standards to increase the supply of recruits while maintaining current retention standards. The use of additional ASVAB tests, changes in waiver policy, equivalency diploma quality measures, and separate SCREENS for A school and apprenticeship trainees are studied as possible policies to increase recruit supply.
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EVALUATION OF NAVAL OFFICER PERFORMANCE
February 1, 1981
This paper designs and validates a performance evaluation instrument that discriminates between different levels of Naval officer performance along task and people oriented behavioral dimensions.
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PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS AND THE EXTENT OF PARTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT
February 1, 1981
This brief paper reinforces an hypothesis that workers respond to incentives provided by partial unemployment insurance and suggests that these incentive effects are widespread.
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