Fathers’ Military Service and Children’s College Attainment
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Paula Fomby, Patricia van Hissenhoven Flórez Sociological Science April 20, 2026 10.15195/v13.a18 Abstract Men’s early adult experiences shape the life chances of their future children. For Black men in the United States, systemic exclusion from educational and labor market opportunity has long constrained intergenerational mobility. We examine whether military service alters this trajectory, drawing on the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1968–2023, N=7,808 father–child pairs) to investigate