Long-term consequences of vietnam-era conscription: schooling, experience, and earnings

Joshua D. Angrist, Stacey H. Chen

NBER Working Paper No. 13411
Issued in September 2007

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This study was conducted while the authors were Special Sworn Status researchers of the U.S. Census Bureau at the Boston Research Data Center. Research results and conclusions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Census Bureau. This paper has been screened to insure that no confidential data are revealed. Special thanks got to B.K. Atrostic, Jim Davis, and Brian Holly for help with the data used in this study. Thanks also go to Brigham Frandsen and Simone Schaner for outstanding research assistance and to David Autor, Mark Duggan, Amy Finkelstein, Jerry Hausman, Whitney Newey, Sarah Turner, Steve Pischke, and participants in the Summer 2007 Labor Studies Meeting for helpful discussions and comments. We gratefully acknowledge funding from the National Science Foundation. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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