Employment Effects of Army Service and Veterans’ Compensation: Evidence from the Australian Vietnam-Era Conscription Lotteries

Authors

Peter Siminski, University of WollongongFollow

Publication Date

2010

Recommended Citation

Siminski, Peter, Employment Effects of Army Service and Veterans’ Compensation: Evidence from the Australian Vietnam-Era Conscription Lotteries, Department of Economics, University of Wollongong, Working Paper 13-10, 2010, 40.
https://ro.uow.edu.au/commwkpapers/250

Abstract

Exploiting the Australian National Service lotteries of 1965-72, I estimate the effect of Army service on employment outcomes. Population data from military personnel records, tax returns, veterans’ compensation records and the Census facilitate a rich and precise analysis, identified by 53,000 compliers. The employment effect is confined to men who served.