The Impact of Military Service on Post-Service Labor Market Performance of Female Veterans: Evidence from the United States

Davut Ayan ()

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Abstract: This paper intends to explore and show evidence of whether the impact of the recent period of the U.S. military service including overseas combat or war zone experience, service-related disability status, and presence of young children at home affect the post-service labor market performance of female veterans. Labor market success is measured by four outcomes: labor force participation, employment, unemployment, and usual weekly hours of work. Using data from the Veteran Supplement to the CPS from 2007 to 2013, I estimate labor force participation, unemployment, and employment by probit models and hours of work by OLS. I find that females are less likely to participate in the labor force and less likely to be employed and work less than male veterans. Combat zone experience, the presence of a young child at home, and being married to a spouse in the armed forces affect female veterans adversely as compared to male veterans.

Keywords: Female veterans; combat zone; profit; labor market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 J12 J15 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016, Revised 2021
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