Demand for Education and Lbour Market Outcomes: Lessons from the Abolition of Compulsory Conscription in France

Eric Maurin and Theodora Xenogiani
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Theodora Xenogiani: OCDE - Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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Abstract: Before 1997, education was a way for young French men to avoid military service in the army. After the abolition of compulsory conscription in 1997, this incentive to stay on in education disappeared. We show that the decrease in the benefit of pursuing education for men was followed by a fall in their educational achievement relative to women and by a decrease in their relative entry wages. These results suggest that high school dropout rates could be reduced by policies increasing the immediate benefits of pursuing education and that it would yield a substantial improvement in early labor market outcomes.

Date: 2007-11
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Published in Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42 (4), pp.795-819

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Journal Article: Demand for Education and Labor Market Outcomes: Lessons from the Abolition of Compulsory Conscription in France (2007)
Working Paper: Demand for Education and Lbour Market Outcomes: Lessons from the Abolition of Compulsory Conscription in France (2007)
Working Paper: Demand for Education and Labour Market Outcomes: Lessons from the Abolition of Compulsory Conscription in France (2005)
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