Utilizing data from the 1986 Reserve Components Surveys,
this thesis implements a test of the hypothesis that a
positive relationship exists between occupational training
received in the reserves and increased benefits and wages on
reservists' civilian jobs. The null hypothesis was that no
such relationship exists, or that it exists for relatively few
reservists, so that reserve participation is mainly a form of
moonlighting with few spillover benefits to the individual or
society in the form of increased worker productivity. Log-earnings
regression equations were specified to test the basic
hypothesis. The two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimating
technique was utilized to estimate the models due to the
existence of simultaneity bias in the regression equations.
It was determined that affiliating with the reserves to
receive training results in an increase in civilian benefits
and wages. Therefore the null hypothesis was rejected,
leading to the conclusion that reserve training does appear to
provide important benefits to some enlistees, namely those who
are motivated to seek skill training that can be used on their
civilian job or used to find a better civilian job.

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