Cross-Section Analysis of First-Term Reenlistment in the Air Force

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the impact of changes in military pay and a reduction in the presence of draft-induced enlistees upon the airmen reenlistment decision making process. The work on this study was initially undertaken for the Air Force and then modified for the President's Commission on an All Volunteer Armed Force. The estimates presented here were used as inputs in the calculation of the budgetary cost of the Commission's proposals. Additional estimates based on time series data are currently being made.