Military draft and economic growth in OECD countries
By: by Katarina Keller, Panu Poutvaara, Andreas Wagener
Contributors: Poutvaara, Panu
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2022; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2022
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Draft; Economic development
Description: "Economic theory predicts that military conscription is associated with static inefficiencies as well as with dynamic distortions of the accumulation of human and physical capital. Relative to an economy with an all-volunteer force, output levels and growth rates should be lower in countries that rely on a military draft to recruit their army personnel. For OECD countries, we show that military conscription indeed has a statistically significantly negative impact on economic performance"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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