This paper examines the impact of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act (CSPIA) of 1998 on child support enforcement goals that are rewarded financially as well as outcomes that are not rewarded. I am able to reconstruct three of the five performance measures explicitly rewarded by...

The limited lateral entry and rigid pay structure for U.S. military personnel present challenges in retaining skilled individuals who have attractive options in the civilian labor market. One tool the services use to address this challenge is the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB), which offers...

We show that long-term compensation is associated with higher pay in the financial industry and the legal sector. Then, using a detailed survey of law school graduates, we explore why firms use long-term compensation. We find that individuals with jobs that make them highly visible and that...