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Do guns displace books? The impact of compulsory military service on educational attainment
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; … - In: Economics Letters 124 (2014) 3, pp. 513-515
To estimate the causal effect of conscription on the probability to obtain a university degree, we use a regression …-discontinuity design associated with the introduction of conscription in Germany. There is evidence that conscription increased the …
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Conscription and the returns to education: Evidence from a regression discontinuity
mouganie, pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
uses a regression discontinuity design to identify the effect of peacetime conscription on education and labor market … outcomes. Results indicate that conscription eligibility induces a significant increase in years of education, which is … consistent with conscription avoidance behavior. However, this increased education does not result in either an increase in …
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The making of a manager: evidence from military officer training
Grönqvist, Erik; Lindqvist, Erik - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2015
We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75...
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The Making of a Manager: Evidence from Military Officer Training
Grönqvist, Erik; Lindqvist, Erik - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276392
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Do Guns Displace Books? – The Impact of Compulsory Military Service on Educational Attainment
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; … - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
avoid the draft, leading to an increase in the demand for tertiary education. To estimate the causal eff ect of conscription … regulations associated with the introduction of conscription in Germany in 1956. We estimate conscription to increase the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246526
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Do Guns Displace Books? The Impact of Compulsory Military Service on Educational Attainment
Bauer, Thomas; Bender, Stefan; Paloyo, Alfredo; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
avoid the draft, leading to an increase in the demand for tertiary education. To estimate the causal effect of conscription … regulations associated with the introduction of conscription in Germany in 1956. We estimate conscription to increase the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644627
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Opportunity Cost and the Incidence of a Draft Lottery
Bingley, Paul; Lundborg, Petter; Vincent Lyk-Jensen, … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan - 2014
Military conscription implicitly taxes draftees. Those who would have volunteered at the market wage may be forced to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010753786
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Opportunity Cost and the Incidence of a Draft Lottery
Bingley, Paul; Lundborg, Petter; Vincent Lyk-Jensen, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Military conscription implicitly taxes draftees. Those who would have volunteered at the market wage may be forced to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010756237
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The Production of PhDs in the United States and Canada
Chiswick, Barry R.; Larsen, Nicholas; Pieper, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
model. Military conscription with educational exemptions and the Vietnam War increased male PhD production in the U.S., but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764583
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Human capital, basic research, and applied research: Three dimensions of human knowledge and their differential growth effects
Prettner, Klaus; Werner, Katharina - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2014
We analyze the differential growth effects of basic research, applied research, and embodied human capital accumulation in an R&D-based growth model with endogenous fertility and endogenous education. In line with the empirical evidence, our model allows for i) a negative association between...
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