Civilian public sector employment as a long-run outcome of military conscription.

ABSTRACT: Since at least T. H. Marshall, scholars have recognized military service as a form of sacrifice that warrants compensation from the state. War-widow pensions, expansion of the franchise, and subsidized higher education are all examples of rights and benefits "bestowed" in return for wartime mobilization. Similarly, in the United States, governments have hired veterans preferentially for civilian public jobs as recompense for active military service. Although oft overlooked, those policies seem influential: the percentage of job holders identifying as veterans in the civilian US executive branch exceeds the proportion in the wider population by several multiples. This century-old pattern suggests another way that wartime mobilization has influenced the state. Yet, efforts to understand it h

SUBMITTER: Johnson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6815180 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature