Racial harassment, job satisfaction, and intentions to remain in the military

Heather Antecol*, Deborah Cobb-Clark

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    Abstract

    Our results indicate that two thirds of active-duty military personnel report experiencing offensive racial behaviors in the previous 12 months, whereas approximately one in ten reports threatening racial incidents or career-related discrimination. Racial harassment significantly increases job dissatisfaction irrespective of the form of harassment considered. Furthermore, threatening racial incidents and career-related discrimination heighten intentions to leave the military. Finally, our results point to the importance of accounting for unobserved individual- and job-specific heterogeneity when assessing the consequences of racial harassment. In single-equation models, the estimated effects of racial harassment on both job dissatisfaction and intentions to leave the military are understated.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)713-738
    Number of pages26
    JournalJournal of Population Economics
    Volume22
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2009

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