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Veterans' Labor Force Participation: What Role Does the VA's Disability Compensation Program Play?

Published:2015-05-01 Issue:5 Volume:105 Page:131-136
ISSN:0002-8282
Container-title:American Economic Review
language:en
Short-container-title:American Economic Review

Author:

Coile Courtney¹,Duggan Mark²,Guo Audrey²

Affiliation:

1. Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 (e-mail: )

2. Stanford University, 579 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 (e-mail: )

Abstract

We explore time trends in the labor force participation of veterans and non-veterans and investigate whether they are consistent with a rising role for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Disability Compensation (DC) program, which pays benefits to veterans with service-connected disabilities and has grown rapidly since 2000. Using 35 years of March CPS data, we find that veterans' labor force participation declined over time in a way that coincides closely with DC growth and that veterans have become more sensitive to economic shocks. Our findings suggest that DC program growth has contributed to recent declines in veterans' labor force participation.

Publisher

American Economic Association

Subject

Economics and Econometrics

Link

https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1257/aer.p20151062

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