The long-term effects of military conscription on educational attainment and wages
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- 作者：Frank Hubers ; Dinand Webbink
- 关键词：Military conscription ; Long ; term earnings ; Human capital ; University enrolment
- 刊名：IZA Journal of Labor Economics
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：4
- 期：1
- 全文大小：629 KB
- 刊物主题：Labor Economics; Population Economics;
- 出版者：Springer-Verlag
- ISSN：2193-8997
文摘
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 university graduates by 1.5 percentage points from a baseline of 12.3 per cent. In addition, being a conscript reduces the probability of obtaining a university degree by almost four percentage points. The effect of military service on earnings is also negative and long-lasting. Approximately 18 years after military service, we still find a negative effect of 3 to 4 per cent. The effect of conscription on educational attainment does not fully explain the wage reduction.