I Want You! The Determinants of Military Conscription

Volume: 61, Issue: 7, Pages: 0022002715606217
Published: Aug 1, 2017
Abstract
What explains the use of military conscription? Using a new data set of more than 100 countries over a period of 200 years, we examine the determinants of a state’s decision to implement a military draft. We argue that the decision to use conscription is largely dependent on historical factors. Specifically, we contend that former British colonies are less likely to use conscription as a means of military recruitment because of an...
Paper Details
Title
I Want You! The Determinants of Military Conscription
Published Date
Aug 1, 2017
Volume
61
Issue
7
Pages
0022002715606217
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