Compensating Wounded Warriors: An Analysis of Injury, Labor Market Earnings, and Disability Compensation Among Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars - Softcover

Heaton, Paul; Loughran, David S.; Miller, Amalia R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0833059319 ISBN 13: 9780833059314

Publisher: RAND Corporation, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

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.

About the Author:

David S. Loughran (Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD) ia an associate economist at RAND.

About this edition

• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0833059319
• ISBN 13: 9780833059314
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112