Buddin, Richard J. 1951- creator author. Arroyo Center Rand Corporation United States Army. text bibliography cau 1991 monographic eng

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xvi, 46 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm 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. Richard Buddin. "Arroyo Center"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46). Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. n-us--- United States. Army Recruiting, enlistment, etc United States. Army Reserves Veterans Scholarships, fellowships, etc United States UB323 .B83 1991 0833011898 91032787 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4097/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4097/ CstmoR 920427 rnd000000000056275