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dc.contributor.authorCesur, Resulen
dc.contributor.authorSabia, Joseph J.en
dc.contributor.authorTekin, Erdalen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-01-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-23T11:39:45Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-23T11:39:45Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201104134564en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51931-
dc.description.abstractWhile descriptive evidence suggests that deployment in the Global War on Terrorism is associated with adverse mental health, the causal effect of combat is not well established. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we exploit exogenous variation in deployment assignment and find that soldiers deployed to combat zones where they engage in frequent enemy firefight or witness allied or civilian deaths are at substantially increased risk for suicidal ideation, psychological counseling, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our estimates imply lower-bound health care costs of $1.5 to $2.7 billion for combat-induced PTSD.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5615en
dc.subject.jelH56en
dc.subject.jelI1en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordmilitary serviceen
dc.subject.keywordpost-traumatic stress disorderen
dc.subject.keyworddepressionen
dc.subject.stwKriegen
dc.subject.stwKriegsfolgenen
dc.subject.stwPsychische Störungen
dc.subject.stwKostenen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleThe psychological costs of war: Military combat and mental health-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn665255101en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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