Facing the Draft Lottery During the Vietnam War

website vietnam draft lottery Vietnam Draft Lottery 2 Vietnam era service • Defined as 1964-1975 • Estimated million served during era • million were in SE Asia • million vietnam draft lottery The 1969 draft lottery was a controversial move by the US government to have as many draft-age men enlist for service in Vietnam as

vietnam draft lottery Using the universe of federal tax returns, we link fathers from draft cohorts to their sons' outcomes and find that sons of fathers randomly  The lottery system was introduced in the last few years of the Vietnam War The goal was to make selection random, and therefore fair The date  These draft lotteries were conducted based on birth dates, with the probability of conscription being higher for those men with birth dates

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