Date of Award
3-1994
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Operational Sciences
First Advisor
Joseph P. Cain, PhD
Abstract
This research proposes an analytical approach for assessing efficiency and effectiveness of the Army’s Enlistment Incentive Review and Allocation Process. In this research, the author applies multiple regression- techniques to observations of monthly enlistment contracts for the time period covering October 1987 through July 1993. Bonus contracts, ACF contracts and total contracts were regressed against level of enlistment bonus, availability of the Army College Fund, unemployment rate, and state of U.S. involvement in overseas conflict. The author then used the estimated regression relationships to estimate bonus amounts required to stimulate enlistment and compared performance of true incentive levels against predicted results of regression models. The author then presents insights on the benefits that can be gained by applying elementary analytic techniques to the intuitive allocation process currently practiced by the Army’s Enlistment Incentive Review Board.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GOR-ENS-94M-04
DTIC Accession Number
ADA278482
Recommended Citation
Char, Chester A., "Enlistment Response to Changes in Monetary Incentives: Improving the U. S. Army Enlistment Incentive Review and Allocation Process" (1994). Theses and Dissertations. 6763.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/6763
Comments
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