Distributional and Welfare Implications of the Military Draft in Russia: Micro-level Evidence

R. Yemtsov and Michael Lokshin

Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2006, issue 1

Abstract: In this paper data from a large nationally representative survey in Russia are used to analyze the distributional and welfare implications of the military draft. The authors focus on draft avoidance as a common response to highly unpopular conscription system ridden by corruption. A theoretical model that describes household compliance decisions with respect to enlistment is developed. Several econometric techniques are employed to estimate the effect of household characteristics on the probability to serve in the army and the draft-induced implications for household income. The results indicate that the burden of conscription falls excessively on the poor. Poor, low-educated, rural households are much more likely to have their sons enlisted compared to urban, wealthy and better-educated families. The losses incurred by the poor are disproportionately large and exceed the statutory rate of personal income tax.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.32609/0042-8736-2006-1-50-69

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