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Economics Letters

Do guns displace books? The impact of compulsory military service on educational attainment

To estimate the causal effect of conscription on the probability to obtain a university degree, we use a regression-discontinuity design associated with the introduction of conscription in Germany. There is evidence that conscription increased the likelihood of completing higher education.

Bauer, T., S. Bender, A. Paloyo und C. Schmidt (2014), Do guns displace books? The impact of compulsory military service on educational attainment. Economics Letters, 124, 3, 513-515

DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.07.026