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Evaluating military compensation.

Title
  1. Evaluating military compensation.
Published by
  1. [Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, [2007]
Author
  1. Murray, Carla Tighe

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Additional authors
  1. United States. Congressional Budget Office
Description
  1. ii, 36 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Series statement
  1. A CBO study
Uniform title
  1. CBO study.
Alternative title
  1. CBO study, evaluating military compensation
Subject
  1. United States. Dept. of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures
  2. United States -- Armed Forces -- Pay, allowances, etc. -- Evaluation
  3. United States -- Armed Forces -- Personnel management -- Evaluation
Contents
  1. Introduction and summary. Defining military compensation ; Comparing military and civilian compensation ; Factors that complicate military-civilian comparisons -- Military pay, promotions, and rank -- Estimates of military compensation. Total compensation for enlisted personnel by years of experience ; Cash earnings for selected occupations -- Comparing increases in military and civilian pay. The "gap" between changes in basic pay and civilian earnings ; Issues in using the "pay gap" to evaluate military compensation ; Increases in regular military compensation versus the employment cost index -- Comparing levels of military and civilian pay. Cash compensation ; Noncash and deferred benefits ; General limitations of military-civilian comparisons -- Linking military compensation to recruiting and retention. Effectiveness of using pay to resolve occupational shortages or surpluses ; Effects of cash and noncash compensation on recruiting and retention -- Options to increase the visibility and efficiency of military compensation. Integrating the components of total compensation ; Increasing cash relative to noncash compensation -- Appendix A: Total compensation for the median enlisted member -- Appendix B: How pay changes with deployment -- Appendix C: Types of occupation- or skills-based compensation.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. "Carla Tighe Murray of CBO's National Security Division wrote the study..."--Pref.
  2. "June 2007."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.