The long term causal effects of Vietnam War era conscription on economic and social outcomes for Australian conscripts

该项目将为退伍军人的补偿、军事和退休收入政策提供信息。一个长期存在的政策问题是如何最好地让退伍军人重新融入社会。我们的初步分析表明，澳大利亚的征兵制度对美国的影响非常不同，尤其是在就业方面。这可能反映了不同的福利制度，我们将对此进行调查。对征兵影响的更深入了解也将使决策者了解服兵役和参与冲突给社会带来的全部成本。由于退伍军人比非退伍军人更早获得退休养老金，我们还调查了福利资格对老年男性就业结果的影响。

The project will inform veterans' compensation, military and retirement income policies. A perennial policy issue is how best to re-integrate veterans into society. Our preliminary analysis suggests very different effects of conscription in Australia to the USA, particularly on employment. This may reflect different systems of benefits, which we will investigate. A greater understanding of the effects of conscription will also inform policy makers of the full cost to society of military service and participation in conflict. Since veterans are entitled to retirement pensions earlier than non-veterans, we also investigate the effects of benefit eligibility on employment outcomes amongst older men.