Conscription and Military Service: Do They Result in Future Violent and Non-Violent Incarcerations and Recidivism?

Xintong Wang and Alfonso Flores-Lagunes ()

No 751, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

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.

Keywords: Conscription; Military Service; Incarceration; Crime; Nonparametric Bounds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 C36 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Journal Article: Conscription and Military Service: Do They Result in Future Violent and Nonviolent Incarcerations and Recidivism? (2022)
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