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Wehr- und Zivildienst in Deutschland: Wer dient, wer nicht? / Basic Militaiy and Alternative Service in Germany: Who Serves, Who Doesn't?

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  • Schneider Thorsten

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This paper conceptualises military service and alternative service as a tax. Thus making it possible to evaluate the practice of conscription for basic military or alternative service using the criterions of tax equity. In Germany due to various factors such as disabilities or lack of placements, only 40 to 70 % of a male birth cohort have completed one or the other service, giving a substantial portion of the population a number of advantages. In contrast to many countries, conscientious objection has become common and relatively easy in Germany in the last two decades, making it necessary to take into consideration both types of service in issues of fairness. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for testing individual and macro structural fac tors as determinants of serving. We found especially strong effects arising from birth cohort size, increases in conscientious objection and differences in educational level. Persons with a general qualification for a university entrance have a much higher probability of serving compared with persons with a lower degree in the youngest cohorts. Interestingly, this was not the case throughout time.

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  • Schneider Thorsten, 2003. "Wehr- und Zivildienst in Deutschland: Wer dient, wer nicht? / Basic Militaiy and Alternative Service in Germany: Who Serves, Who Doesn't?," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 223(5), pages 603-622, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:223:y:2003:i:5:p:603-622
    DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2003-0507
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    1. Panu Poutvaara & Andreas Wagener, 2011. "The Political Economy of Conscription," Chapters, in: Christopher J. Coyne & Rachel L. Mathers (ed.), The Handbook on the Political Economy of War, chapter 9, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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