This overview develops new empirical models that can effectively document Gene×
Environment (G× E) interactions in observational data. Current G× E studies are often …

Draft-lottery estimates of the causal effects of Vietnam-era military service using 2000
census data show marked schooling gains for veterans. We argue that these gains can be …

Forty million people in the United States (US) were holding student debt totaling $1 trillion by
2013. While other forms of consumer credit declined during the Great Recession (Figure …

This study is the first to estimate the effect of war service in the Global War on Terrorism on
domestic violence. We exploit a natural experiment in overseas deployment assignment …

Since the beginning of the all-volunteer era, millions of young Americans have chosen to
enlist in the military. These volunteers disproportionately come from disadvantaged …

We provide new evidence on the long-term impacts of peacetime conscription, using
longitudinal data for Portuguese men born in 1967. These men were inducted at age 21 …

Over the last few decades, social scientists have experienced the causal revolution, the
replication crisis, and, now in just a matter of months, another epoch: the era of coronavirus …

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 …

I estimate the effect of military service during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars on civilian labor
and educational outcomes using several empirical methodologies including sibling fixed …

Low rates of youth voting are a feature of contemporary democracies the world over, with the
United States having some of the lowest youth turnout rates in the world. However, far too …