RT Generic
T1 The Impact of Mandatory Military Service. Evidence from Spain
A1 Cáceres-Delpiano, Julio
A2 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía, 
AB Using Spanish administrative records, I study the impact of Military Service (MS) onseveral labor outcomes for men born between the years 1968 and 1973. To address a concernof endogeneity in MS, a national lottery is used as a source of variation. The results reveal,differently from OLS or Fixed Effects estimates of the impact of MS, that an allocation outof service through the lottery is associated with significant benefits. Firstly, being sparedfrom service increases the probability of being in the labor market (1.6pp), the likelihood ofbeing employed (1.7pp), tenure in the last job (0.15 years) and monthly earnings (1.9pp).Secondly, the effect is not restricted to the years of active service, but for extensive margins(employment and labor force participation), it wears o  over the years. However, the impacton some earnings measures is present over the complete period under analysis. Thirdly, Ipresent evidence that avoiding MS through the lottery is associated to an increase in labormarket experience (0.2 years) and the likelihood of holding a professional or technical degree(2.8pp). Finally, I explore the heterogeneity across educational levels and whether location ofservice and military branch affect the size of the penalty.
SN 2340-5031
YR 2019
FD 2019-10-25
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/27980
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/27980
LA eng
NO I gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Education(Grant ECO2009-11165), the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MDM 2014-0431), and the Comunidad de Madrid MadEco-CM (S2015/HUM-3444).
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