Reenlistment Bonuses and Retention Behavior

James Hosek, Christine E. Peterson

Research SummaryPublished 1986

This research brief describes work documented in Reenlistment Bonuses and Retention Behavior (R-3199-MIL).

This research brief describes RAND's analysis of the effects of reenlistment bonuses on retention rates in the U.S. armed forces. RAND studied continuation rate data from the Defense Manpower Data Center for mid-FY1976 through FY1981.

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Hosek, James and Christine E. Peterson, Reenlistment Bonuses and Retention Behavior. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1986. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB2005-1.html.
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This publication supersedes a previous version published in 1986 (RB-2005).