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The Effects of Combat Deployments on Veterans’ Outcomes

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  • Jesse Bruhn
  • Kyle Greenberg
  • Matthew Gudgeon
  • Evan K. Rose
  • Yotam Shem-Tov

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As millions of soldiers deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021, Veteran Affairs Disability Compensation payments quadrupled and the veteran suicide rate rose rapidly. We estimate the causal contribution of combat deployments to declining veteran well-being. Deployments increase injuries, combat deaths, and disability compensation, but we find limited effects on suicide, deaths of despair, financial health, incarceration, or education. Our estimates suggest that deployment cannot explain either the recent rise in disability payments, which is more likely driven by policy changes, or the surge in noncombat deaths, which is better explained by shifts in observable characteristics of soldiers.

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  • Jesse Bruhn & Kyle Greenberg & Matthew Gudgeon & Evan K. Rose & Yotam Shem-Tov, 2024. "The Effects of Combat Deployments on Veterans’ Outcomes," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 132(8), pages 2830-2879.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/729450
    DOI: 10.1086/729450
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    1. Bingley, Paul & Lyk-Jensen, Stéphanie Vincent, 2024. "Recruiting effective soldiers: Comparing Danish conscripts and volunteers deployed to peace-keeping and peace-enforcing missions," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).

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    • F50 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - General
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health

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