In this presentation, CBO examines the rates of labor force participation and unemployment over the 2008–2015 period for male veterans who left active duty after September 2001. Overall, CBO found that rates for veterans were similar to those for men who had never served on active duty in the military.
Accounting for differences in average demographic characteristics, veterans who were neither in school nor functionally disabled had about the same labor force experiences that their civilian counterparts did, although the youngest veterans had somewhat higher unemployment rates.
