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Galiani, Sebastián [Author] ; Schargrodsky, Ernesto [Other]; Rossi, Martín A. [Other] World Bank Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Development Economics

Conscription and crime

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Conscription and crime
  • Other titles: Background paper to the 2007 World development report
  • Contributor: Galiani, Sebastián [Author]; Schargrodsky, Ernesto [Other]; Rossi, Martín A. [Other]
  • Corporation: World Bank, Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Development Economics
  • imprint: Washington, D.C: World Bank, Development Economics, Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, 2006
    Online-Ausg.
  • Published in: Policy research working paper ; 4037
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (18 p); 28 cm
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: Crime Argentina Econometric models ; Draft Social aspects Argentina ; Draft Argentina Econometric models
  • Reproductino series: World Bank E-Library Archive
  • Type of reproduction: Online-Ausg.
  • Reproduction note: Also available in print
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: "October 2006"--Cover
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-12)
  • Description: 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)