Unemployment, earnings and enrollment among post 9/11 veterans

Kleykamp, Meredith

doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.12.017

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“…Particularly among civilian soldiers, the disruptions to everyday life and work of the deployment experience can be extensive. Recent reports have highlighted the relatively higher rates of unemployment among military compared with non-military populations (Faberman & Foster, 2013; Kleykamp, 2013). For the deployed women in this sample, these events also occur against a different backdrop than for the non-deployed mothers – i.e., more single or dually-deployed households, with slightly lower incomes.…”

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Family adjustment of deployed and nondeployed mothers in families with a parent deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Gewirtz¹,

McMorris²,

Hanson³

et al. 2014

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Almost nothing is known about the family and individual adjustment of military mothers who have deployed to the conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan (Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, and Operation New Dawn; OIF, OEF, OND), constituting a gap in psychologists’ knowledge about how best to help this population. We report baseline data on maternal, child, parenting, and couple adjustment for mothers in 181 families in which a parent deployed to OIF/OEF/OND. Among this sample, 34 mothers had deployed at least once, and 147 mothers had experienced the deployment of a male spouse/partner. Mothers completed self-report questionnaires assessing past year adverse life events, war experiences (for deployed mothers only), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms, difficulties in emotion regulation, parenting, couple adjustment, and child functioning. Mothers who had deployed reported greater distress than non-deployed mothers (higher scores on measures of PTSD and depression symptoms), and slightly more past year adverse events. A moderate number of war experiences (combat and post-battle aftermath events) were reported, consistent with previous studies of women in current and prior conflicts. However, no differences were found between the two groups on measures of couple adjustment, parenting, or child functioning. Results are discussed in terms of the dearth of knowledge about deployed mothers, and implications for psychologists serving military families.

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Family adjustment of deployed and nondeployed mothers in families with a parent deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Gewirtz¹,

McMorris²,

Hanson³

et al. 2014

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…The unemployment rate for men veterans of the same era was also higher (8.8%) than the rate for nonveterans (7.5%). Kleykamp (2013) examined the school enrollment, employment, and earnings of women and men veterans post-9/11 and found that both women and men veterans faced lower employment prospects than nonveterans and that the situation was worse among women veterans than men. However, the higher unemployment rates appear to be era specific.…”

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Women Military Veterans, Disability, and Employment

Prokos

Cabage

2016

Armed Forces & Society

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This study contributes to the growing body of literature about women veterans of the U.S. military by investigating how veteran status and disability are related to women's ability to work. The study uses nationally representative data to analyze labor market outcomes of women who served in the U.S. military since 1973, with a focus on findings about women who have served since 2001. Results indicate women who served after 2001 are more likely to have a disability when compared to men veterans and women nonveterans. Those women veterans who do not have a disability are more likely to be employed than their nonveteran counterparts, net of controls for demographic factors. Disability, including service-related disability, is strongly related to unemployment and being out of the labor force. The discussion considers the implications of women's military service for their ability to work.

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“…On two other measures, earnings and college enrollment, veterans appear to be advantaged compared with civilians (Kleykamp 2013). In contrast, an audit study finds that employers may actually prefer veterans, but the treatment of veterans in hiring decisions differs by race and type of military experience (Kleykamp 2009).…”

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Be All that You Can Be

McDermott

Panagopoulos

2015

Political Research Quarterly

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Former military service has long been considered a plus for the résumé of a political candidate, presumably because voters may rely on this information as a shortcut by which to make inferences about the candidates and cast ballots accordingly. Previous research has demonstrated that such heuristics frequently affect vote decisions, but few studies have examined the impact of candidates' military background on support at the polls; moreover, existing research is largely observational, leaving open crucial questions about causal impact. We build on this work by conducting an original survey experiment imbedded in a national survey in 2008 to test the effects of labeling a candidate an Iraq War veteran. Formulating our hypotheses from known issue and trait stereotypes of the military, we demonstrate that military experience can be helpful to some candidates under some conditions. The experimental evidence we present shows that stereotypes based on both issue position (military intervention) and issue ownership (Republican ties) matter to voters facing a military candidate, but only when that candidate is a Democrat. The results we report support the notion that voters rely on information shortcuts, but we find that there is considerable heterogeneity in the impact of heuristics.

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Unemployment, earnings and enrollment among post 9/11 veterans

Cited by 120 publications

References 33 publications

Family adjustment of deployed and nondeployed mothers in families with a parent deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Family adjustment of deployed and nondeployed mothers in families with a parent deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Women Military Veterans, Disability, and Employment

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