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The Impact of Military Service on Post-Service Labor Market Performance of Female Veterans: Evidence from the United States

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This paper intends to explore and show evidence of whether the impact of the recent period of the U.S. military service including overseas combat or war zone experience, service-related disability status, and presence of young children at home affect the post-service labor market performance of female veterans. Labor market success is measured by four outcomes: labor force participation, employment, unemployment, and usual weekly hours of work. Using data from the Veteran Supplement to the CPS from 2007 to 2013, I estimate labor force participation, unemployment, and employment by probit models and hours of work by OLS. I find that females are less likely to participate in the labor force and less likely to be employed and work less than male veterans. Combat zone experience, the presence of a young child at home, and being married to a spouse in the armed forces affect female veterans adversely as compared to male veterans.

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  • Ayan, Davut, 2016. "The Impact of Military Service on Post-Service Labor Market Performance of Female Veterans: Evidence from the United States," MPRA Paper 117308, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2021.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:117308
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    Keywords

    Female veterans; combat zone; profit; labor market;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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