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Compensating Wounded Warriors: An Analysis of Injury, Labor Market Earnings, and Disability Compensation Among Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Author(s): Paul Heaton (Author), David S. Loughran (Author), Amalia R. Miller (Author)
- Publisher: RAND
- Publication Date: 17 Aug. 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 112 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780833059314
- ISBN-13: 0833059319
Book Description
This comprehensive, quantitative assessment of how injury sustained by service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan affects their subsequent labor market earnings also explores the extent to which retirement and disability payments compensate for any resulting earnings losses. The analysis controls for a rich array of individual-level characteristics, including labor market outcomes prior to deployment.
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Analyzes the effect of injuries sustained by service members in Iraq and Afghanistan on post-deployment labor market earnings and the extent to which disability payments compensate for any lost earnings.
