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Title: Veteran status, disability rating, and public sector employment

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

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ISSN: 10579230

DOI: 10.1002/hec.3648

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Abstract: This paper used microdata from the 2013–2015 American Community Survey to examine differences in federal government, state and local government, private sector, and self‐employment among employed veterans and nonveterans. The U.S. federal and state governments have hiring preferences to benefit veterans, especially disabled veterans. Other factors may also push veterans toward public sector employment. I found that veteran status substantially increased the likelihood of federal employment, with the largest magnitudes for severely disabled veterans. Differences in state and local government employment were modest and exhibited heterogeneity by disability severity.

Url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hec.3648

Url: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/hec.3648

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Authors: Winters, John V.

Periodical (Full): Health Economics

Issue: 6

Volume: 27

Pages: 1011-1016

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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