ABSTRACT

TheagendaforthisManpowerEconomicsConferencefeaturesenlistmentsupplyon thefirstdayandretentionandforcestructureanalysisonthesecond.Thissequenceis properlyattunedtotheperspectiveoftheresearcherwhofocusesonindividualdecision making.Thebehavioralprocessbeginswithpotentialenlisteeschoosingamongeducationalandcareeralternativesascivilians.Thosewhoenlistandcompletetheirfirst termofservicemustdecidewhethertoremainonactiveserviceornot.Overtime,the sumofallenlistmentandreenlistmentdecisionsyields.amanpowerforcestructurethatis,adistributionofpersonnelbylengthofservice.