Military Service and the Civilian Labor Force

Time- and Income-Based Evidence

Bibliographic Data

ID2340994
AuthorsChristian Brown (0000-0002-5305-8412, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD, USA, corresponding author), P Wesley Routon (0000-0002-4346-5401, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA, USA)
Year2016
Volume42
Issue3
Pages562-584
Publication date2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0095327x15625499
OpenAlexW2239516138
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited25

The average American military enlistee is likely to differ from the average civilian in employment ambitions and prospects. Current research on veteran wages, however, only examines the effect of military service on average earnings. We employ quantile regression techniques to estimate the effect of military service for the above- and below-average earnings that veterans may experience. We draw data from two longitudinal surveys, one including veterans who served during 1980-1994 and the other including veterans of the early 21st-century wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. For the 21st-century cohort, we find that military service appears to increase wages at and below the median wage but decrease earnings at the high end of the distribution, although these benefits may take several years after service and entry into the civilian labor market to appear

Business · Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics) · Earnings · Econometrics · Economics · Economy · Labour economics · Military personnel · Military service · Political science · Quantile regression · Service (business) · Service member · Wage · Employment and Welfare Studies · Finance · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Law · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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