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Transitioning From the Military to the Civilian Workforce: The Role of Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers

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The Defense Department spent $310 million (in 2017 dollars) on unemployment benefits in 2016, down from $1 billion in 2011. Nearly half of soldiers in the active Army in 2013 applied for those benefits (that share has probably fallen).

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  • Congressional Budget Office, 2017. "Transitioning From the Military to the Civilian Workforce: The Role of Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers," Reports 52503, Congressional Budget Office.
    • Handle: RePEc:cbo:report:52503
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
    • J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings

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