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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 /

"A substantial number of the service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since September 11, 2001, have been injured in combat operations or as a result of other deployment-related activities. In response to a request from the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC), RAND p...

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Main Authors: Heaton, Paul, 1978
Group Author: Loughran, David S., 1969; Miller, Amalia R. Amalia Rebecca, 1976
Published: RAND,
Publisher Address: Santa Monica, CA :
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Rand Corporation monograph series
Subjects:
Disabled veterans > Employment > United States > Evaluation
Disabled veterans > Services for > United States > Evaluation
Afghan War, 2001- > Veterans > Services for > United States
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Veterans > Services for > United States
Summary: "A substantial number of the service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since September 11, 2001, have been injured in combat operations or as a result of other deployment-related activities. In response to a request from the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC), RAND performed a comprehensive, quantitative assessment of how injury sustained by active and reserve component service members affects their subsequent labor market earnings and the extent to which retirement and disability payments received from the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs
Item Description: "MG-1166-OSD"--P [4] of cover.
Carrier Form: xxiv, 88 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-88).
ISBN: 9780833059314 (paperback : alkaline paper) :
0833059319 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: UB357
CLC: K372.6
K377.53
E712.23
Call Number: E712.23/H442
Contents: Introduction -- Data -- Descriptive Statistics on Injury, Earnings, and Disability Compensation -- Empirical Model -- The Effect of Injury on Earnings and Other Labor Market Outcomes -- The Effect of Injury on Household Income Including Disability Compensation -- Discussion -- Appendix A: Specification Checks -- Appendix B: Distribution of Estimated Replacement Rates.

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