Conscription and Crime: Evidence from the Argentine Draft Lottery

We estimate the causal effect of mandatory participation in the military service on the involvement in criminal activities. We exploit the random assignment of young men to military service in Argentina through a draft lottery to identify this causal effect. Using a unique set of administrative data...

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Main Author: Ernesto Schargrodsky (Author)
Contributors: Sebastian Galiani ; Martín A. Rossi
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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