Is the pay responsiveness of enlisted personnel decreasing?

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-43

  Hansen, Michael L ^a   Wenger, Jennie W ^a  

^a CNA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Pay elasticity; Reenlistment

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844286287     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1024269052000323533     Document Type: Article

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