Do guns displace books? The impact of compulsory military service on educational attainment

Thomas Bauer (), Stefan Bender (), Alfredo Paloyo and Christoph Schmidt

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 124, issue 3, 513-515

Abstract: To estimate the causal effect of conscription on the probability to obtain a university degree, we use a regression-discontinuity design associated with the introduction of conscription in Germany. There is evidence that conscription increased the likelihood of completing higher education.

Keywords: Regression discontinuity; Conscription; Career interruption; Skill atrophy; TS2SLS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I28 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: Do Guns Displace Books? The Impact of Compulsory Military Service on Educational Attainment (2011)
Working Paper: Do Guns Displace Books? – The Impact of Compulsory Military Service on Educational Attainment (2011)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.07.026

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