02569cam a2200421 i 4500 rnd000000000056275 RAND 920427s1991 cauab b 000 0 eng d 91032787 0833011898 RAND/R-4097-A (Sirsi) a271045 $20.00 CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- UB323 .B83 1991 Buddin, Richard J., 1951- author. Enlistment effects of the 2 + 2 + 4 recruiting experiment / Richard Buddin. Enlistment effects of the 2 plus 2 plus 4 recruiting experiment Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1991. xvi, 46 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "Arroyo Center"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46). This report describes the enlistment effects of the Army's 2+2+4 recruiting experiment, which was aimed at attracting high-quality personnel into the active Army and encouraging their later participation in the reserves. These effects were estimated through a job-offer experiment that estimated how the program affected the recruits' choices among skills and terms of service and through a geographic experiment that assessed whether the program led to a "market expansion"--i.e., an increase in the total number of high-quality persons entering the active Army. Overall, the program seems to have accomplished its objectives for active-duty recruiting. The 2+2+4 option sold readily and benefited virtually all the occupational specialties for which it was tested. During the test, about 7 percent of all male high-quality enlistments contracts were written under the program. Moreover, the analysis indicates that the program attracted high-quality recruits into the Army and caused only a small number to change from a longer term of service to a shorter one. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. United States. Army Recruiting, enlistment, etc. United States. Army Reserves. Veterans Scholarships, fellowships, etc. United States. Arroyo Center. Rand Corporation. United States. Army. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4097/ 597888 597888