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The question of military-provided training and its transferability to civilian employment has received much media attention lately. Using data from the National Longitudinal Surveys-Youth Cohort, this paper documents sizable amounts of skill transfer and compares the transferability of military-provided training to that of nonmilitary-provided postschool occupational training. When other factors are controlled, the probability of transferring military-provided training does not differ significantly from that of non-military training obtained from providers such as proprietary business colleges and vocational/technical schools. On the other hand, the probability of skill transfer for military-provided training is found to be significantly lower than that of apprenticeship and employer-provided training for both sexes, and of nursing and beauty-school training for females; however, these differences can be attributed to institutional linkages between training provider and employer along internal labor-market lines.

An examination of military-provided training & its transferability to civilian employment, using data on a sample (N = 874) drawn from the National Longitudinal Surveys-Youth Cohort. Sizable amounts of skill transfer are documented, & the transferability of military-provided training is compared to that of nonmilitary-provided postschool occupational training. When other factors are controlled, the probability of transferring military-provided training does not differ significantly from that of nonmilitary training obtained from providers such as proprietary business Colls & vocational/technical schools. On the other hand, the probability of skill transfer for military-provided training is found to be significantly lower than that of apprenticeship & employer-provided training for both sexes, & of nursing & beauty-school training for Fs; however, these differences can be attributed to institutional linkages between training provider & employer along internal labor-market lines. 4 Tables. HA

Based on data from the youth cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience, 1979-84. Skills transfer to civilian employment; comparison with the transferability of postschool occupational training.