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Title: Did military service during World War I affect the economic status of American veterans?

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2020

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ISSN: 00144983

DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2019.101301

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Abstract: I exploit discontinuous changes in the likelihood of military service induced by the transition between different registration regimes under the World War I draft to determine if wartime service affected economic outcomes. A new 1900–1930 linked sample is constructed to study the short-term effects, while the 1960 census is used for the long-term analysis. Implementing a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and a difference-in-discontinuities approach, I find little evidence of a causal relationship between wartime service and economic status. This may be due to America's relatively short involvement in the war, coupled with comparatively less-generous benefits thereafter.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001449831730133X

Url: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S001449831730133X

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Authors: Tan, Hui Ren

Periodical (Full): Explorations in Economic History

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Volume: 75

Pages: 101301

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

Countries: United States