Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

2015

College/Unit

Chambers College of Business and Economics

Document Number

15-30

Department/Program/Center

Economics

Abstract

We empirically investigate the determinants of the decline in compulsory military service (conscription) from 1970 to 2010 using data on military conscription from the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index. We find that the probability of a shorter military service time is strongly associated with the percentage of the population over the age of 65 and the size of government, while the presence of political violence works in the opposite direction. Our results are robust to dynamic panel and ordered probit estimations.

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