The Effect of Civilian Unemployment on Reenlistment Decision in Turkish Armed Forces

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The existing studies on the issue of reenlistment decision regard joining the army as a choice
that an individual makes among alternative courses of action. Previous empirical research
suggests that socio-economic background, higher educational benefits, civilian employment
status and experience are among the determinants of reenlistment decision. This study
investigates if unemployment has an effect on reenlistment decision of recruits for Turkish
Armed Forces in a seemingly unrelated bivariate probit framework. Empirical analysis
indicates that former civilian unemployment significantly increases the likelihood of
reenlistment. Moreover, previous single equation models might be misspecified since the
residuals of reenlistment and unemployment equations are correlated.
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