Analysis of a time-in-grade pay table for military personnel and policy alternatives
Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock, Patricia K. Tong.
Bok Engelsk 2020
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| Utgitt | Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation , 2020
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| Opplysninger | Introduction -- A time-in-grade pay table and estimates of basic pay over a career -- Extending the dynamic retention model to analyze the effect of a time-in-grade pay table -- Simulated effects of a time-in-grade pay table on retention, performance and cost -- Transition costs and save pay -- Two alternative performance-based policies under a time-in-service pay table -- Variation in time to promotion and its impact on basic pay -- Discussion and conclusions.. - Every four years, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) commissions a review of the military compensation system. In support of the Thirteenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, begun in 2018, the authors of this report assess the advantages and drawbacks of using a table based on time in grade, rather than time in service, to set military pay. The primary means by which military personnel are financially rewarded for superior performance is through faster promotion, so a time-in-grade (TIG) pay table may increase performance by providing a permanent reward to those who are promoted faster. The current time-in-service (TIS) pay table provides only temporary financial rewards to those who are promoted faster. A TIG table would also provide higher entry pay to lateral entrants who enter the military at higher ranks but with no prior military experience. Drawing on the work of past studies and using more recent data and modeling capabilities, the authors (1) simulate how basic pay would change under a TIG table over the course of a career for a variety of groups of service members, (2) simulate the retention, cost, and performance effects of the TIG table, (3) estimate the costs to service members and to DoD of transitioning to a TIG table, and (4) assess whether the benefits of a TIG table could be achieved by using alternative policies under the current TIS table. The authors' analysis shows that better performers would be more likely to be promoted and retained under a TIG table, and that a TIG table could achieve about the same retention as the TIS table, at less cost per member and with improved performance. The principal disadvantage is that transitioning to a TIG table would be costly to DoD and disruptive to a significant fraction of the force: Almost one-third of the active force would experience a reduction in basic pay, and if DoD were to adopt "save pay" to hold members harmless, it would cost
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| Geografisk emneord | United States - Armed Forces - Pay, allowances, etc. . - United States. : (OCoLC)fst01204155
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