Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records Industrial Relations Section
At 8 p.m., with very little fanfare, New York Congressman Alexander Pirnie pulled the first capsule. That slip of paper was then affixed to the board, beside position number 1. The odds that young men born on this day between the years 1944 and 1950 would – without some form of deferment – be shipped … Read more