Combat, casualties, and compensation: Evidence from Iraq and Afghanistan

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Compensating Differentials for Occupational Health and Safety Risks: Implications of Recent Evidence

“…A more current analysis of military compensation has focused on pay provided to the military deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan by Armey et al (2021). Members of the military who were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan incurred fatality risks that were 15 times the national civilian workforce average, or a greater risk of 45/100,000 for those who are deployed compared to the fatality rates of those in the military who are not deployed in combat areas.…”

“…However, to date there has been no widespread effort to incorporate the heterogeneity of the VSL in policy assessments. (For further discussion see Armey et al 2021).…”