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| Summary |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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Chapter Two Current Permanent Change of Station Policy and Programs to Increase Tour Lengths |
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3 | (8) |
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Tour Length and Tour Curtailment Policies |
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4 | (2) |
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Existing Policies for Encouraging Tour Extensions |
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6 | (2) |
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Alternatives to Tour Extensions |
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Summary: Extension Incentives in Perspective |
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9 | (2) |
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Chapter Three Estimating the Supply of Voluntary Overseas Tour Extensions Without Incentives |
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11 | (1) |
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A Survey of Servicemembers |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (7) |
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Multivariate Statistical Model of Voluntary Extension |
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20 | (12) |
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Summary and Policy Implication of Results of the Survey of Servicemembers |
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32 | (3) |
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Chapter Four Estimating the Supply of Voluntary Overseas Tour Extensions with Incentives |
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35 | (16) |
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Overall Supply of Overseas Tour Extensions |
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46 | (3) |
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Summary and Policy Implication of Results of the Survey of Servicemembers |
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49 | (2) |
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Chapter Five Implementing a Program to Extend Overseas Tours of Service |
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51 | (10) |
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51 | (1) |
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The Problem with Existing Incentive Programs |
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51 | (1) |
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An Alternative Approach That Addresses the Problem with Existing Incentive Programs |
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52 | (6) |
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The Future of Market-Based Approaches to Assignment Problems: Two-Sided Matching Markets |
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58 | (3) |
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Chapter Six The Relationships Among Tour Lengths, Moves, and Costs |
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61 | (16) |
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61 | (1) |
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Tour Lengths, Extensions, and Moves: A Steady-State Example |
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61 | (7) |
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Application of Steady-State Analysis to Current PCS Programs |
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Concluding Thoughts on Savings |
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Chapter Seven Conclusions and Recommendations |
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Key Conclusions from Our Research |
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77 | (3) |
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80 | (1) |
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A Description and Cost of PCS Moves |
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B Prescribed Lengths for OCONUS Tours |
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C Existing Programs for Encouraging Tour Extensions, In-Place Consecutive Overseas Tours, and Stabilized Basing |
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D Assignment Incentive Pay Programs Implemented Since 2003 |
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97 | (4) |
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E Combined Cost of All Special and Incentive Pays |
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101 | (2) |
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F Survey Questions Relating to Tour Extension |
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103 | (2) |
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G Attitudinal Data Tables |
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105 | (6) |
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H Cluster Analysis Methodology and Results |
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I Modeling Extension Behavior with Financial Incentives Using Probit and Interval Regression Models |
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121 | (6) |
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J Alternative Auction Mechanisms |
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127 | (4) |
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K Private Sector Uses of Bidding for Workforce Management |
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131 | (8) |
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L The Navy's Assignment Incentive Pay Program |
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139 | (6) |
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145 | (6) |
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N 2013 Status of Forces Survey of Active Duty Members |
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151 | (4) |
| References |
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