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Conscription and Crime

Author:	Galiani, Sebastian; Rossi, Martin; Schargrodsky, Ernesto;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4037Background paper to the 2007 World Development Report
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2006/10/13
Document Date:	2006/10/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS4037	SubTopics:	Children and Youth; Political Systems and Analysis; Peace & Peacekeeping; Crime and Society; Politics and Government
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The initiation in criminal activities is, typically, a young phenomenon. The study of the determinants of entry into criminal activities should pay attention to major events affecting youth. In many countries, one of these important events is mandatory participation in military service. The objective of this study is to estimate the causal relationship between mandatory participation in military service and crime. The authors exploit the random assignment through a draft lottery of young men to conscription in Argentina to identify this causal effect. Their results suggest that participation in military service increased the likelihood of developing a criminal record in adulthood (in particular, for property and weapon-related crimes).


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