Keller, Katarina; Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas (2009): Military draft and economic growth in oecd countries. In: Defence and Peace Economics, Vol. 20, No. 5: pp. 373-393 |
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Abstract
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.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > CESifo-Professorship for International Institutional Comparisons |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
Language: | English |
ID Code: | 19477 |
Deposited On: | 15. Apr 2014 08:51 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020 13:01 |
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