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The Impact of the Unemployment Rate on Attrition of First-Term Enlistees

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  • Jeremy Arkes
  • Stephen Mehay

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This study examines the effects of home-state unemployment rates on attrition behavior of Navy enlistees for successive career windows during the first term of service: the first 6 months, the second 6 months, the second year, and the third year of service. The results indicate that attrition is negatively associated with changes in the local unemployment rate during the first three career windows covering two years of service. However, after two years of service, the estimated effect of the unemployment rate becomes insignificant for most groups of sailors. This is likely because sailors with the poorest job matches are sorted out early in the first term of service.

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  • Jeremy Arkes & Stephen Mehay, 2014. "The Impact of the Unemployment Rate on Attrition of First-Term Enlistees," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 125-138, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:25:y:2014:i:2:p:125-138
    DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2013.752244
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