The Influence of Non-Pecuniary Factors on Labor Supply: The Case of Navy Enlisted Personnel

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This paper expresses the elasticity of labor supply to an occupation in terms of the variances and covariances of the distributions of non-pecuniary factors across the alternative occupations. We then apply our results to an analysis of reenlistment rates among Navy enlisted personnel. We argue that those Navy skills experiencing a higher incidence of sea duty will have lower pay elasticities. This prediction is confirmed empirically using probit analysis.

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