Abstract
The Post-9/11 GI Bill introduces a significant increase in education benefits for veterans serving after 11 Sep 01. Given an increase that nearly doubles previous education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill, I investigate educational attainment through a Difference-in-Differences analysis of Current Population Survey data from 1990-2012. I explore how the significant increase in financial assistance effects veteran educational attainment. I find that post-9/11 veterans, on average, experience a slight decrease in years of schooling relative to previous veterans and non-veterans. Specific branch of service cohorts display positive years of schooling relative to the current and previous counterpart factions.
Advisor
Michael, Charalambos
Department
Business Economics
Recommended Citation
Congedo, Vincent D., "The Post-9/11 GI Bill: An Educational Attainment Comparison for Late 20th and Early 21st Century U.S. Veterans and Non-veterans" (2016). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 7212.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/7212
Disciplines
Behavioral Economics | Benefits and Compensation | Economic Theory | Labor Economics | Public Economics
Publication Date
2016
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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