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We exploit a panel of city-level data with rich demographic information to estimate the distributional effects of Department of Defense spending and its effects on a range of social outcomes. The income generated by defense spending accrues predominantly to households without a bachelor's...
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The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...
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during which time the US imposed a complete trade embargo on Vietnam. Following the lifting of trade restrictions in 1994, US … exports to Vietnam grew most in US States with larger Vietnamese populations, themselves the result of larger refugee inflows …
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education, we make use of data on compulsory schooling laws and child labour laws as well as conscription risk in the Vietnam … ; labour market transitions ; unemployment ; causal effects ; compulsory schooling laws ; child labour laws ; Vietnam War draft …
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Draft lottery number assignment during the Vietnam era provides a natural experiment to examine the effects of military … used to draft servicemen. -- crime ; violence ; military ; two-sample IV ; Vietnam War …
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these channels are likely to affect civilian earnings. New estimates of the effects of military service using Vietnam … substantial earnings losses for white Vietnam veterans in the 1970s and 1980s. The recent estimates also point to a marked … increase in post-secondary schooling that appears to be attributable to the Vietnam-era GI Bill. Seen through the lens of a …
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