As millions of soldiers deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021, Veteran
Affairs Disability Compensation payments quadrupled and the veteran suicide rate rose …

This paper studies conscription's role in durably shaping attitudes and beliefs consistent with
nation-building. We pair original survey data covering 29 cohorts of conscripts in Argentina …

We present evidence from a randomized trial of the impact of matching workers to jobs using
the deferred acceptance (DA) algorithm. Our setting is the US Army's annual many-to-one …

Using the quasi-random assignment of 760,000 children in US military families, we show
that neighborhood attributes experienced during childhood have powerful impacts on SAT …

We study the effect of peacekeeping on post-deployment earnings for military veterans.
Using Swedish administrative data, we follow a sample of more than 11,000 veterans who …

This paper analyzes ordinal rank across cognitive and physical ability within an initial job
training program. Using a rich administrative dataset and conditional random assignment of …

Is racial justice a feasible normative aim of integration for institutions of war? Proponents
have long looked to the US military as an institution through which to pursue racial progress …

Lack of information and advising prior to college matriculation may contribute to poor
postsecondary outcomes among non-traditional students. We conducted a large-scale, multi …

Despite generous financial aid, military veterans have high rates of undermatch and
generally poor postsecondary outcomes. We conducted a large‐scale, multi‐arm field …

This thesis consists of an introductory part and four self-contained papers that study
empirical questions related to military service and the labour market. Paper [I] studies the …