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Wehr- und Zivildienst in Deutschland: Wer dient, wer nicht? / Basic Militaiy and Alternative Service in Germany: Who Serves, Who Doesn't?
Schneider, Thorsten - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 223 (2003) 5, pp. 603-622
- oder Zivildienst geleistet. Damit gibt es einen beachtlichen Anteil an jungen Männern, die durch ein Nicht-Ziehen Vorteile … Faktoren eine Heranziehung zu Wehroder Zivildienst beeinflussen. Neben der Jahrgangsstärke und der Zunahme an … Kriegsdienstverweigerung hat insbesondere das Bildungsniveau der jungen Männer einen erheblichen Einfluss. So haben Abiturienten jüngerer …
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The political economy of conscription
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political...
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Does military draft discourage enrollment in higher education? : evidence from OECD countries
Keller, Katarina; Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
Using data from 1960-2000 for OECD countries, we analyze the impact of compulsory military service on the demand for higher education, measured by students enrolled in tertiary education as a share of the working-age population. Based on a theoretical model, we hypothesize that military draft...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896407
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Does military draft discourage enrollment in higher education? : evidence from OECD countries
Keller, Katarina; Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
Using data from 1960-2000 for OECD countries, we analyze the impact of compulsory military service on the demand for higher education, measured by students enrolled in tertiary education as a share of the working-age population. Based on a theoretical model, we hypothesize that military draft...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897549
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The political economy of conscription
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899795
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Drawn into violence : evidence on "what makes a criminal" from the Vietnam draft lotteries
Lindo, Jason M.; Stoecker, Charles - 2010
Draft lottery number assignment during the Vietnam era provides a natural experiment to examine the effects of military service on crime. Using exact dates of birth for inmates in state and federal prisons in 1979, 1986, and 1991, we find robust evidence of effects on violent crimes among...
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Unfit for service : the implications of rising obesity for US military recruitment
Cawley, John H.; Maclean, Johanna Catherine - 2011
This paper contributes to the literature on the labor market consequences of unhealthy behaviors and poor health by examining a previously underappreciated consequence of the rise in obesity in the United States: challenges for military recruitment. Specifically, this paper estimates the percent...
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The long-term effects of military conscription on educational attainment and wages
Hubers, Frank; Webbink, Herman Dinand - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-16
This study investigates the long-term effects of peace-time military conscription on educational attainment and earnings by exploiting a policy change that exempted a complete birth cohort from military service. We find that compulsory military service decreases the proportion of Dutch...
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Does the military train men to be violent criminals? : new evidence from Australia's conscription lotteries
Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon P.; Paull, Alexander - 2013
Combat is the most intense form of military service, but several aspects of the training experience, which explicitly prepares people for violent warfare, are hypothesized to link service to violent crime. Using Australia's Vietnam-era conscription lotteries for identification and criminal court...
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Long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service : a quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries
Johnston, David; Shields, Michael; Siminski, Peter - 2015
This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service using Australia's National conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use several administrative sources, containing a near-universe of...
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