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The Changing Role of America’s Veterans

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Hugh Rockoff () (Rutgers)

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This essay provides an historical background for understanding the statistics on veterans that will appear in the millennial edition of the Historical Statistics of the United States. It describes changes in the number of veterans, and in the benefits provided by governments to veterans, from colonial times to the present. It then discusses in broad terms how political and historical forces shaped the form and amount of benefits provided to veterans, and how the programs created for veterans in turn influenced the evolution of other government programs.

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Paper provided by Rutgers University, Department of Economics in its series Departmental Working Papers with number 200113.

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  1. Baack, Ben & Ray, Edward John, 1988. "Federal Transfer Payments in America: Veterans' Pensions and the Rise of Social Security," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 26(4), pages 687-702, October.
  2. Angrist, Joshua D, 1990. "Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 80(3), pages 313-36, June.
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  3. Holcombe, Randall G, 1999. " Veterans Interests and the Transition to Government Growth: 1870-1915," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 99(3-4), pages 311-26, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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