Analysis of financial support to the surviving spouses and children of casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

Examines how the death of service members affects the subsequent labor market earnings of surviving spouses and the extent to which survivor benefits provided by the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Social Security Administration compensate for lost household earnin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Miller, Amalia R. 1976- (-)
Autores Corporativos: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense (-), National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), Rand Corporation
Otros Autores: Heaton, Paul, 1978-, Loughran, David S., 1969-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation 2012.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1281-OSD.
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Data Used in the Study; Sample Definition; Demographic Covariates and Spouses; Fatalities and Injuries; Labor Market Earnings; Surivor Benefits; Survivor Benefit Plan; Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance; Social Security Survivor Benefits; Death Gratuity; Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance; Combat-Zone Tax Forgiveness; Tax Advantage; Lump Sum Payments With and Without Tax Advantage; CHAPTER THREE: Empirical Model
  • CHAPTER FOUR: ResultsImpact of Combat Death on Household Labor Market Earnings; Impact of Combat Death on Spousal Earnings; Impact of Combat Death on Household Income from All Sources; CHAPTER FIVE: Discussion; Household-Income Replacement Rates; Replacement Rates Relative to Pre-Deployment Member Earnings; CHAPTER SIX: Conclusions; References