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Post-9/11 War Deployments Increased Crime Among Veterans
Cesur, Resul - 2020
Several high-profile news stories have linked post-September 11 (9/11) combat service to violent crime among veterans. Nevertheless, there is scant causal evidence for this claim. We exploit the administrative procedures by which U.S. Armed Forces senior commanders conditionally randomly assign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012832588
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Post-9/11 war deployments increased crime among veterans
Cesur, Resul; Sabia, Joseph J.; Tekin, Erdal - 2020
Several high-profile news stories have linked post-September 11 (9/11) combat service to violent crime among veterans. Nevertheless, there is scant causal evidence for this claim. We exploit the administrative procedures by which U.S. Armed Forces senior commanders conditionally randomly assign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228212
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Long-Run Mortality Effects of Vietnam-Era Army Service : Evidence from Australia's Conscription Lotteries
Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon - 2011
We estimate the effect of Vietnam-era Army service on mortality, exploiting Australia's conscription lotteries for identification. We utilize population data on deaths during 1994-2007 and military personnel records. The estimates are identified by over 51,000 compliers induced to enlist in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181431
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The Opioid Safety Initiative and Veteran Suicides
Tibbitts, Joshua C.; Cowan, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
detrimental effect on veterans' mental health leading to suicide in extreme cases. In addition, because rural veterans have much … raised the veteran suicide rate relative to the non-veteran ("civilian") rate with rural veterans suffering the lion's share … of the increase. We estimate that OSI raised the rural veteran suicide rate by a little over one-third between 2013 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616587
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The Opioid Safety Initiative and Veteran Suicides
Tibbitts, Joshua; Cowan, Benjamin - 2022
have had a detrimental effect on veterans’ mental health leading to suicide in extreme cases. We find that OSI raised the … veteran suicide rate relative to the non-veteran (“civilian”) rate with rural veterans suffering the lion’s share of the … increase. We estimate that OSI raised the rural veteran suicide rate by a little over one-third between 2013 and 2018 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013292574
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Health, height and the household at the turn of the 20th century
Bailey, Roy E.; Hatton, Timothy J.; Inwood, Kris E. - 2014
We examine the health and height of men born in England and Wales in the 1890s who enlisted in the army at the time of the First World War. We take a sample of the army service records and use this information to find the recruits as children in the 1901 census. Econometric results indicate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345534
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Health, Height and the Household at the Turn of the 20th Century
Bailey, Roy E. - 2014
We examine the health and height of men born in England and Wales in the 1890s who enlisted in the army at the time of the First World War. We take a sample of the army service records and use this information to find the recruits as children in the 1901 census. Econometric results indicate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054916
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The Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on the Long-Term Health of Veterans : A Bounds Analysis
Wang, Xintong; Flores, Carlos A.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso - 2021
We analyze the short- and long-term effects of the U.S. Vietnam-era military service on veterans' health outcomes using a restricted version of the National Health Interview Survey 1974-2013 and employing the draft lotteries as an instrumental variable (IV). We start by assessing whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250765
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An Empirical Analysis of Medicare-Eligible Veterans' Demand for Outpatient Health Care Services
Lahiri, Kajal - 2010
Using data from the 1992 US National Survey of Veterans, we analyze Medicare-eligible veterans' use of VA and non-VA outpatient health care services. We apply a utility consistent, combined multinomial choice and count data model to identify factors that affect these veterans' outpatient health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012717890
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The effects of Vietnam-era military service on the long-term health of veterans : a bounds analysis
Wang, Xintong; Flores, Carlos; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso - 2021
We analyze the short- and long-term effects of the U.S. Vietnam-era military service on veterans' health outcomes using a restricted version of the National Health Interview Survey 1974-2013 and employing the draft lotteries as an instrumental variable (IV). We start by assessing whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012417612