Book/Printed Material Increasing efficiency and incentives for performance in the Army's Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) program

Title

• Increasing efficiency and incentives for performance in the Army's Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) program

Summary

• This report documents research and analysis conducted as part of a project entitled Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Special and Incentive Pays in the Army, sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. The purpose of the project was to help the Army determine how to best increase incentives for higher performance among enlisted members and to more efficiently achieve Army retention objectives. While past research consistently found that reenlistment bonuses increase the likelihood that a service member reenlists and continues to serve, there is little evidence on how they increase performance. The Army requested that RAND Arroyo Center provide analyses to improve the setting of special and incentive pays, focusing on its selective reenlistment bonus (SRB) program. Since the beginning of fiscal year 2011, the Army has used what it calls the Tiered SRB program, in which soldiers who reenlist receive a lump-sum dollar amount. One notable attribute of the Tiered SRB program from the standpoint of performance incentives is that it provides the same SRB to soldiers regardless of whether they are promoted faster or slower than their peers, given their grade, military occupational specialty, and additional obligated service length. The authors simulated alternative SRB programs in which SRBs also varied by years of service, giving higher SRBs to those promoted faster to a grade. Restructuring SRBs to reward those who are promoted faster would increase performance incentives relative to the current approach used by the Army.

Names

• Asch, Beth J., author
• Mattock, Michael G., 1961- editor
• Tong, Patricia K., editor
• Ward, Jason M., editor
• Arroyo Center
• Rand Corporation
• United States. Army

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2021]

Contents

• Introduction -- Insights from Discussions with Service Managers and from the Literature on Restructuring SRBs -- Alternative Courses of Action -- DRM, Data, and Simulation Methodology -- Results -- Conclusions -- APPENDIX A: A History of Army Reenlistment Bonuses, Evidence on Effectiveness, and Past Reform Proposals -- APPENDIX B: How Selected MOSs Are Identified in the Data -- APPENDIX C: Model Estimates and Model Fits for the Other MOSs. -- APPENDIX D: Additional Results.

Headings

• -  United States.--Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Costs
• -  United States.--Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--Mathematical models

Notes

• -  Title from PDF document (title page; viewed September 14, 2021).
• -  "Prepared for the United States Army."
• -  "RAND Arroyo Center."
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106).
• -  Description based on electronic resource.
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xvii, 106 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• UB323

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739260

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739260

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739260

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