-run health follow-ups of the interaction between stress and social networks in a human population in which both stress and social …

This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service using Australia's National … conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use … significant detrimental effects on a number of morbidity measures. Hearing and mental health appear to be particularly affected. …

companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or … whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldiers benefited from friendships, what social factors allowed some to … war. The book also examines the experience of African-American soldiers and makes important observations about how their …