Military conscription implicitly taxes draftees. Those who would have volunteered at the market wage may be forced to … labor earnings of young men across the cognitive ability distribution. We find that high ability men who are induced to … serve face a 7 percent earnings penalty, whereas low ability men face none. Educational career disruption is an important …

earnings of veterans. Among Druze men aged 25-34, we find an economically and statistically significant positive effect of 18 …

reduction in earnings is likely due to the reduction in education. It should be noted, however, that due to the characteristics …

through conscription. We argue that, in general, we should not expect to find large long-term real earnings among conscripts … conscription entails relative long-term real earnings differences. -- National Service ; WWII conscription ; long-term real … conscription into the armed services from 1949 to 1960. It was called National Service and applied to males aged 18 to 26. Based on …

Service ; WWII conscription ; long-term real earnings ; regression discontinuity design …This paper adds to the literature on the relationship between military service and long-term real earnings. Based on a … regression discontinuity design it compares the earnings of age cohorts containing British men who were required to undertake …

-educated men who might otherwise spend their careers in low-level jobs. -- military conscription ; longitudinal earnings ; quasi …Although the practice of military conscription was widespread during most of the past century, credible evidence on the … pattern of effects, with both negative (the Netherlands) and positive (in Sweden) earnings impacts. Even among Vietnam era …