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Title: Attrition from Military and Civilian Jobs: Insights from the National Longitudinal Surveys
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1. Kohen, Andrew I.
Attrition from Military and Civilian Jobs: Insights from the National Longitudinal Surveys
Final Report, Columbus OH: Battelle Columbus Laboratories, 1984
Cohort(s): NLSY79, Young Men
Publisher: Center for Human Resource Research
Keyword(s): Behavior; Military Service; Mobility, Occupational; Quits

This study uses data from the Young Men and NLSY cohorts to investigate the antecedents of voluntary job separations. The focus is on comparing military and civilian behaviors. For civilians the analysis concentrates on the first regular post-school job, while for the members of the armed forces the concentration is on attrition from the first term of service. Some of the conclusions based on comparing the various empirical findings are: (1) quitting a first civilian job and attriting from an initial term of military service are distinctly different behaviors; (2) military pay level and other objective features of the military context are strongly related to whether a young man completes his first term of service; and (3) many affective traits significantly influence the likelihood of a young man attriting from military service. A few policy suggestions regarding recruitment and training are offered based on the empirical findings.
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Kohen, Andrew I. "Attrition from Military and Civilian Jobs: Insights from the National Longitudinal Surveys." Final Report, Columbus OH: Battelle Columbus Laboratories, 1984.