We analyze the short- and long-term effects of the U.S. Vietnam-era military service on veterans' health outcomes using … non-veterans regardless of their draft eligibility (the "never takers"). Since we do not find evidence against the … "always takers"). The causal analysis for volunteers, who represent over 75% of veterans, is novel in this literature that …

We analyze the short- and long-term effects of the U.S. Vietnam-era military service on veterans' health outcomes using … non-veterans regardless of their draft eligibility (the "never takers"). Since we do not find evidence against the … "always takers"). The causal analysis for volunteers, who represent over 75% of veterans, is novel in this literature that …

years of education. Our findings suggest veterans with below average PGSs for educational attainment completed fewer years … of schooling than comparable non-veterans with the same PGS, primarily due to fewer years of college education. On the … other hand, we do not find any difference in the educational attainment of veterans and non-veterans with above average PGSs …

We analyze the short- and long-term effects of the U.S. Vietnam-era military service on veterans' health outcomes using … takers"). The causal analysis for volunteers, who represent over 75% of veterans, is novel in this literature that typically … detrimental health effects that appear 20 years after the end of the conflict. As a group, veterans experience similar …

years of education. Our findings suggest veterans with below average PGSs for educational attainment completed fewer years … of schooling than comparable non-veterans with the same PGS, primarily due to fewer years of college education. On the … other hand, we do not find any difference in the educational attainment of veterans and non-veterans with above average PGSs …