Schooling and the Vietnam-Era GI Bill: Evidence from the Draft Lottery

Draft-lottery estimates of the consequences of Vietnam-era service using 2000 census data show marked schooling gains for veterans. We argue that these gains can be attributed to Vietnam veterans’ use of the GI Bill rather than draft avoidance behavior. At the same time, draft lottery estimates o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angrist, Joshua, Chen, Stacey H.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Economic Association 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61798
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-8956