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Long-term economic consequences of Vietnam-era conscription: schooling, experience and earnings

Angrist, Joshua D.; Chen, Stacey H. - 2008

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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Drawn into violence: Evidence on what makes a criminal from the Vietnam draft lotteries

Lindo, Jason M.; Stoecker, Charles - 2010

Draft lottery number assignment during the Vietnam era provides a natural experiment to examine the effects of military …

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The impact of education on unemployment incidence and re-employment success: Evidence from the US labour market

Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - 2011

education, we make use of data on compulsory schooling laws and child labour laws as well as conscription risk in the Vietnam …

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On the Production of Victory: Empirical Determinants of Battlefield Success in Modern War

Rotte, Ralph; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2002

Using a data set of historical battles from 1600 to 1973, this paper analyzes the empirical determinants of tactical success in modern war. Based on a reduced form approach we consider key elements of military theory as factors in the production of combat success, formalized in a military...

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The baby boom and World War II: a macroeconomic analysis

Doepke, Matthias; Hazan, Moshe; Maoz, Yishay D. - 2007

We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labor during World War II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility and female labor-force participation decisions. We use the model to assess the...

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War and endogenous democracy

Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2008

Many episodes of extension of franchise in the 19th and especially in the 20th century occurred during or in the aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of international conflicts on domestic political institutions....

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Does conflict disrupt growth? Evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance

Polachek, Solomon W.; Sevastianova, Daria - 2010

Current empirical growth models limit the determinants of country growth to geographic, economic, and institutional variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do different types of conflict affect country growth...

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Violent conflict and inequality

Bircan, Cagatay; Brück, Tilman; Vothknecht, Marc - 2010

This paper analyzes the distributive impacts of violent conflicts, which is in contrast to previous literature that has focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes in income inequality. Our results indicate rising...

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Identifying conflict and violence in micro-level surveys

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - 2010

The overall goal of the report is to increase the capacity of researchers and policy makers to identify comparatively, and across time, how individuals, households and communities are affected by violent conflict. The report provides an extensive overview of existing practices and datasets used...

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The shape of things to come? Assessing the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings

Jaeger, David A.; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2007

In this paper we assess the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings in the Second Intifada. We find evidence that the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders by Israel reduce realized Palestinian violence. We find, however, that intended Palestinian violence is increasing at low...

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