Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/236315 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14284
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Gary Becker wrote what may be the first economic analysis of conscription. Less than a decade later, economists played a key role in an important public policy debate during the Vietnam War, which eventually led to abolishment of the military draft. Becker had connections to many of those economists who studied the economics of conscription, and his paper foreshadowed many of the ideas in that literature. Despite this, none cited his paper on conscription. We discuss this history and speculate on this puzzle.
Subjects: 
conscription
labor market public policy
JEL: 
M5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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