Employment effects of army service and veterans' compensation: Evidence from the australian vietnam-era conscription lotteries

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-97

  Siminski, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84882776110     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00246     Document Type: Article

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