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Veterans' Labor Force Participation: What Role Does the VA's Disability Compensation Program Play? / Courtney Coile, Mark Duggan, Audrey Guo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coile, Courtney.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w20932.
- NBER working paper series no. w20932
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Veterans’ Labor Force Participation
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2015.
- Summary:
- We explore trends over time in the labor force participation of veterans and non-veterans and investigate whether these patterns are consistent with a rising role for the Veterans' Affairs Disability Compensation (DC) program, which pays benefits to veterans with service-connected disabilities and has grown rapidly since 2000. Using 35 years of March CPS data, we find that veterans' labor force participation declined over time in a way that coincides closely with DC growth and that veterans have become more sensitive to economic shocks. Our findings suggest that DC program growth has contributed to recent declines in veterans' labor force participation.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 2015.
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