Compensating Wounded Warriors An Analysis of Injury, Labor Market Earnings, and Disability Compensation Among Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

• Main Author: Heaton, Paul (auth)
• Other Authors: Loughran, David S. (auth), Miller, Amalia R. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Labour economics; Middle Eastern history; Social welfare & social services; Business; Political Science; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This comprehensive, quantitative assessment of how injury sustained by service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan affects their subsequent labor market earnings also explores the extent to which retirement and disability payments compensate for any resulting earnings losses. The analysis contr...