The Returns to Military and Civilian Training

Abstract

An examination of the economic effects of formal military vocational training and informal on-the-job training acquired while working in a military specialty. The findings support the economic and statistical significance of military training in explaining differences in the postservice wages of separatees. Formal vocational training in the military tends to have a significantly positive effect on postservice wages if individuals enter civilian occupations related to their military specialties. However, informal on-the-job training in military specialties parallel to the current civilian occupations of separatees does not have a significantly positive effect on their postservice opportunities. The report also evaluates the extent to which the returns to various types of training were overestimated or underestimated by previous studies. It shows that the returns are significantly smaller to academic training, but greater to civilian on-the-job training, then indicated by past studies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA028070

Entities

People

  • Eva M. Norrblom

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Human Resources
  • Job Training
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Organizational Structure
  • Training

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