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Discrimination and State Capacity : Evidence from WWII U.S. Army Enlistment
Qian, Nancy; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper investigates the empirical relationship between inclusion and state capacity, as theorized by Besley and Persson (2009). We examine the impact of racial discrimination on Black U.S. military enlistment during the onset of WWII. We find that discrimination had a large and negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696391
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The Effect of OEF/OIF Deployment Intensity on the Rate of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Active Duty Population
Shen, Yu-Chu - 2009
This study estimates the effect of deployment location and length on the risk of developing PTSD, relative to what it would be from the normal military operations. We use a random sample of activity-duty enlisted personnel serving between 2001 and 2006. We identify PTSD cases from TRICARE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463446
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Opioid Use and Employment Outcomes : Evidence from the U.S. Military
Alpert, Abby E.; Schwab, Steve; Ukert, Benjamin D. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
There is significant interest in understanding the labor market consequences of the opioid epidemic, but little is known about how opioid use impacts on-the-job productivity. We analyze the impact of opioid initiation in the emergency department (ED) on workforce outcomes in the Military using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334329
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Racial Concordance and the Quality of Medical Care : Evidence from the Military
Frakes, Michael; Gruber, Jonathan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
One explanation for insufficient use of primary care in the U.S. is a lack of trust between patients and providers - particularly along racial lines. We assess the role of racial concordance between patients and medical providers in driving use of preventive care and the implications for patient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477259
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An Experimental Evaluation of Deferred Acceptance : Evidence from Over 100 Army Officer Labor Markets
Davis, Jonathan M. V.; Greenberg, Kyle; Jones, Damon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We present evidence from a randomized trial of the impact of matching workers to jobs using the deferred acceptance (DA) algorithm. Our setting is the U.S. Army's annual many-to-one marketplace that matches 10,000 officers to units. Officers and jobs are partitioned into over 100 distinct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337845
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Intergenerational Transmission of Occupation : Lessons from the United States Army
Greenberg, Kyle; Gudgeon, Matthew; Isen, Adam; Miller, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper estimates causal intergenerational occupation transmission in the military using discontinuities in parents' eligibility for service from the Armed Forces Qualification Test. A parent's enlistment in the Army increases their children's military service propensity by between 58% and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015072950
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Public and Private Options in Practice : The Military Health System
Frakes, Michael D. - 2020
Recent debates over health care reform, including in the context of the Military Health System (MHS) and Veterans Health Administration, highlight the dispute between public and private provision of health care services. Using novel data on childbirth claims from the MHS and drawing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482475
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Socioeconomic Differences in the Health of Black Union Army Soldiers
Lee, Chulhee - 2009
soldiers. Among the factors that contributed to a lower probability of contracting and dying from diseases were (1) lighter … differences in wartime health. For example, the advantages of light-skinned soldiers over dark-skinned and of enlisted men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463902
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Military Positions and Post-Service Occupational Mobility of Union Army Veterans, 1861-1880
Lee, Chulhee - 2006
experiences of soldiers influenced their civilian lives after the war. This paper examines how military rank and duty of Union … Army soldiers while in service affected their post-service occupational mobility. Higher ranks and non-infantry duties … were more likely to enter a white-collar occupation by 1880. The higher occupational mobility of higher-ranking soldiers is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466249
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Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams
Dahl, Gordon - 2018
We examine whether exposure of men to women in a traditionally male-dominated environment can change attitudes about mixed-gender productivity, gender roles and gender identity. Our context is the military in Norway, where we randomly assigned female recruits to some squads but not others during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453363