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dc.contributor.authorBauer, Thomas K.en
dc.contributor.authorBender, Stefanen
dc.contributor.authorPaloyo, Alfredo R.en
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Christoph M.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-16-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:03:30Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:03:30Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35864-
dc.description.abstractWe identify the causal effect of compulsory military service on conscripts' subsequent labor-market outcomes by exploiting the regression-discontinuity design of the military draft in Germany during the 1950s. Unbiased estimates of the effect of military service on lifetime earnings, wages, and employment are obtained by comparing men born before July 1, 1937 (the White Cohort) who were exempted from compulsory military service to men who were born on or shortly after this threshold date and hence faced a positive probability of being drafted. We find that the putative earnings advantage and wage premium of those who served in the armed forces vanish when selection effects are taken into account.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4535en
dc.subject.jelJ31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCausal effecten
dc.subject.keywordquasi-experimental estimatorsen
dc.subject.keywordconscriptionen
dc.subject.stwWehrdiensten
dc.subject.stwArbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwLebenseinkommenen
dc.subject.stwLohnen
dc.subject.stwErwerbstätigkeiten
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleEvaluating the labor-market effects of compulsory military service-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn61508284Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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