The Effects of World War II Military Service: Evidence from Australia

Cousley, A; Siminski, P; Ville, S

The Effects of World War II Military Service: Evidence from Australia

Cousley, A Siminski, P

Ville, S

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Economic History, 2017, 77 (3), pp. 838 - 865
Issue Date:: 2017-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Cousley, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Siminski, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3099-8049	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ville, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Economic History, 2017, 77 (3), pp. 838 - 865	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-0507	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/124463
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 The Economic History Association. Outside of the United States, few studies have estimated the effects of World War II service. In Australia, general war-time conscription and minimal involvement in the Korean War led to large cohort differences in military service rates, which we use for identification. We find a small, temporary negative effect on employment and a substantial positive effect on post-school qualifications, but not at the university level. While service increased home ownership slightly, it greatly reduced outright home ownership, consistent with the incentives provided by veterans' housing benefits. We also find a positive effect on marriage, but only from 1971.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Economic History	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/S0022050717000717	en_US
dc.subject.classification	History of Social Sciences	en_US
dc.title	The Effects of World War II Military Service: Evidence from Australia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	77	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
utslib.for	1403 Econometrics	en_US
utslib.for	2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	77	en_US

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© 2017 The Economic History Association. Outside of the United States, few studies have estimated the effects of World War II service. In Australia, general war-time conscription and minimal involvement in the Korean War led to large cohort differences in military service rates, which we use for identification. We find a small, temporary negative effect on employment and a substantial positive effect on post-school qualifications, but not at the university level. While service increased home ownership slightly, it greatly reduced outright home ownership, consistent with the incentives provided by veterans' housing benefits. We also find a positive effect on marriage, but only from 1971.

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