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

Xintong Wang and Alfonso Flores-Lagunes ()

Journal of Human Resources, 2022, vol. 57, issue 5, 1715-1757

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.

JEL-codes: C31 C36 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.58.1.0418-9449R2
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Working Paper: Conscription and Military Service: Do They Result in Future Violent and Non-Violent Incarcerations and Recidivism? (2021)
Working Paper: Conscription and Military Service: Do They Result in Future Violent and Non-Violent Incarcerations and Recidivism? (2020)
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