Military Service during the Vietnam Era

Were There Consequences for Subsequent Civilian Earnings

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2999211
AutoresJay D Teachman (Western Washington University, autor correspondente), J Teachman
Ano2004
Volume83
Fascículo2
Páginas709-730
Data de publicação2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1353/sof.2005.0021
OpenAlexW1967191166
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências citadas18

Using longitudinal data gathered in the National Longitudinal Study of Young Men spanning the years from 1966 to 1981, I examine the relationship between military service and subsequent income earned in the civilian labor market. Through the use of fixed-effects estimators, I am able to generate estimates of the effects that are independent of unmeasured family-specific and person-specific factors that might bias the relationship. The use of longitudinal data also allows for the construction and comparison of earning trajectories for veterans and nonveterans. The results indicate that veterans have earning profiles that differ from those of nonveterans. In particular, after leaving military service, veterans who were drafted earn less than nonveterans, but this difference erodes over time because veterans have a steeper earning profile. Within less than ten years of discharge there is no statistically significant difference between the earnings of veterans and those of nonveterans

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Longitudinal data · Longitudinal study · Military service · National Longitudinal Surveys · Political science · Service (business) · Sociology · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Finance · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment