Variable military service-related experiences, such as combat exposure, psychiatric
disorders (PD), and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), may differentially affect the likelihood of …

Research documenting differences in mortality risk across the life course between veterans
and nonveterans has not accounted for combat status. To address this gap in the literature …

While approximately 10% of adults ages 18 to 64 living in the United States identify as
having a disability, workers with disabilities make up only 3% of the labor force (Livermore …

ABSTRACT I examine the relationship between service-connected disability and poverty
among veteran households using data from the 2009–2019 1-year American Community …

The material well-being of veterans and their families is an important, policy-relevant topic. I
research this topic through two crucial measures. In Chapters 1 and 2, I focus on wages, and …