The Impact of Peacekeeping on Post-Deployment Earnings for Swedish Veterans

Peter Bäckström (peter.backstrom@umu.se) and Niklas Hanes (niklas.hanes@umu.se)
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Peter Bäckström: Department of Economics, Umeå University, Postal: Department of Economics, Umeå University, S 901 87 Umeå, Sweden, https://www.umu.se/handelshogskolan
Niklas Hanes: Department of Economics, Umeå University, Postal: Department of Economics, Umeå University, S 901 87 Umeå, Sweden, https://www.umu.se/handelshogskolan

No 1010, Umeå Economic Studies from Umeå University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We study the effect of peacekeeping on post-deployment earnings for military veterans. Using Swedish administrative data, we follow a sample of more than 11,000 veterans who were deployed for the first time during the period 1993-2010 for up to nine years after returning home. To deal with selection bias, we use difference-in-differences propensity score matching based on a rich set of covariates, including measures of individual ability, health and pre-deployment labour market attachment. We find that, overall, veterans’ post-deployment earnings are largely unaffected by their service. Even though Swedish veterans in the studied period tend to outperform their birthcohort peers who did not serve, we show that this advantage in earnings disappears once we adjust for non-random selection into service.

Keywords: Military veterans; peacekeeping; earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H56 J01 J20 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2023-06-14
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