Avery Calkins

Overview

Publications

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  Research Brief

  Actions the Army Can Take to Reduce Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Gender Discrimination

  This research brief highlights top-line findings from four different projects that have implications for strategies to prevent sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. Army.

  Oct 20, 2022

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  Infographic

  Characteristics of Active-Duty Soldiers' Most Serious Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Experiences

  This infographic presents characteristics of sexual harassment and sexual assault experiences among U.S. active-duty soldiers, with a focus on identifying differences across several demographic and military characteristics.

  Oct 20, 2022

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  Report

  Sexual Assault Experiences in the Active-Component Army: Variation by Year, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Installation Risk Level

  Researchers describe the most common types of behaviors that occurred during active-component soldiers' most serious experiences of sexual assault, characteristics of alleged perpetrators, and times and places in which these experiences occurred.

  Oct 20, 2022

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  Report

  Civilian Cyber Workers in the U.S. Department of Defense: Demographics, Retention, and Responsiveness to Training Opportunities

  Although training is necessary to ensure the continual productivity of the U.S. Department of Defense civilian cyber workforce, simulations indicate that training without consideration of external pay opportunities could adversely affect retention.

  Jul 15, 2022

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  Report

  End-of-Pilot Assessment of the U.S. Army's Consolidated Recruiting Program

  The Army conducted a pilot test of a program in which recruiters were authorized to recruit individuals into any of its three components. This analysis found that the program's effects were small and not statistically meaningful.

  Jun 15, 2022

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  Report

  What Happened to Military Recruiting and Retention of Enlisted Personnel in 2020 During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

  In this report, researchers provide an exploratory and descriptive analysis of the changes in military enlisted recruiting and retention during the first six months of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

  Jan 18, 2022

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  Draft

  Gender, Grades, and College Major During the Dot-Com Crash

  Investigates the mechanism behind the gender difference in reaction to the dot-com crash using administrative data on students from a four-year public university.

  Dec 14, 2021

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  Draft

  When Sarah Meets Lawrence: The Effect of Coeducation on Women's Major Choices

  Leverages variation in the timing of women's colleges' transitions to coeducation to study how exposure to a gendered social environment affects women's human capital investments.

  Nov 17, 2021

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  Research Brief

  Characteristics of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Army: Implications for Prevention Efforts

  This research brief highlights top-line findings from two projects that have implications for strategies to prevent sexual harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. Army.

  Aug 2, 2021

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  Report

  Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination in the Active-Component Army: Variation in Most Serious Event Characteristics by Gender and Installation Risk

  This report describes the most common types of behaviors that occur during active-component soldiers' most serious sexual harassment and gender discrimination experiences, characteristics of (alleged) perpetrators, and times and places in which these occur.

  Aug 2, 2021