Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232755 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14003
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Employing nonparametric bounds, we examine the effect of military service on incarceration outcomes using the Vietnam draft lotteries as a possibly invalid instrumental variable for military service. The draft is allowed to have a direct effect on the outcomes independently of military service, disposing of the exclusion restriction. We find: (i) suggestive but not strong statistical evidence that the direct effect of the draft increases the incarceration rate for violent offenses for a particular cohort of draft avoiders, and (ii) military service increases the incarceration rate for violent and nonviolent crimes of white volunteers and veterans in certain birth cohorts.
Subjects: 
crime
incarceration
military service
conscription
nonparametric bounds
JEL: 
K4
C31
C36
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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