@article{ref1,
title="Battle scars? The puzzling decline in employment and rise in disability receipt among Vietnam era veterans",
journal="American economic review",
year="2011",
author="Autor, David H. and Duggan, Mark G. and Lyle, David S.",
volume="101",
number="3",
pages="339-344",
abstract="Using Current Population Survey and US Army administrative data, we document that between 2000 and 2010, the employment rate of Vietnam era veterans fell markedly relative to non-veterans of the same cohorts while simultaneously their enrollment increased steeply in the Veterans Disability Compensation (DC) program, which provides healthcare and transfer payments to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Thirty percent of Vietnam era Army veterans enrolled in DC in 2006 received benefits for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, with median annual payments of $25,500. The declining employment and rising transfer payments to Vietnam era veterans underscore the long-term private and public costs of wartime service, potentially stemming from both adverse health consequences and policies that have expanded benefits eligibility.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-8282",
doi="10.1257/aer.101.3.339",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.101.3.339"
}