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The effect of military service on the subsequent civilian wage of the post-Vietnam veteran
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This article investigated the impact of military service, including formal military training and on-the-job experience, on the civilian wage of these veterans and found that non-whites (blacks and hispanics) and high school dropouts benefit from a military stint while college graduates suffer a large wage penalty.About:
This article is published in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance.The article was published on 1993-03-01. It has received 57 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Military service & Wage.read more
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Estimating the labor market impact of voluntary military service using social security data on military applicants
TL;DR: The authors used matching methods and regression to reduce selection bias in estimates of the effects of militaiy service on the earnings of veterans and found that military service is associated with higher employment rates for veterans after service.
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Estimating the Labor Market Impact of Voluntary Military Service Using Social Security Data on Military Applicants
TL;DR: This paper used Social Security data on the earnings of military applicants to the all-volunteer forces to compare the military applicants' earnings with those of non-commissioned military applicants who did not enlist.
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Military Service in the Life Course
Alair MacLean,Glen H. Elder +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review research published in the past 15 years that explores the relationship between military service and the life course, focusing on criminal careers, marital status, lifelong health, and socioeconomic attainment.
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College, Jobs, or the Military? Enlistment During a Time of War†
TL;DR: This paper found that higher military institutional presence increases the odds of enlisting in the military relative to enrolling in college, becoming employed, or doing some other activity after high school, and that college aspirations are clearly associated with the decision to enroll in college versus enlist and also increase the likelihood of joining the military rather than the civilian labor market, or remaining idle.
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Unemployment, Earnings and Enrollment among Post 9/11 Veterans
TL;DR: It is found that the basic unemployment differences between veterans and non-veterans often reported in the media understate the effect of military service on unemployment for men, since veterans have other characteristics that are associated with higher employment rates.
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Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error
TL;DR: In this article, the bias that results from using non-randomly selected samples to estimate behavioral relationships as an ordinary specification error or "omitted variables" bias is discussed, and the asymptotic distribution of the estimator is derived.
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Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of reward or reinforcement on preceding behavior depend in part on whether the person perceives the reward as contingent on his own behavior or independent of it, and individuals may also differ in generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
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Limited-Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the use of truncated distributions in the context of unions and wages, and some results on truncated distribution Bibliography Index and references therein.
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Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of investment in education and training on earnings and employment are discussed. But the authors focus on the relationship between age and earnings and do not explore the relation between education and fertility.