Petter Lundborg
Professor
Brothers in Arms Spillovers from a Draft Lottery
Author
Summary, in English
While family members tend to have similar labor market outcomes, measuring the contribution of behavioral spillovers is difficult. To identify spillovers between brothers, we exploit Denmark's largest random assignment of young men—to eight months of military service, where service status of brothers is correlated, but draft lottery numbers are not. We find average spillovers of elder brother service on younger brother service of 7 percent, and as high as 55 percent for closely spaced brothers without sisters. Elder brother's military service affects his own occupational choice and his younger brother's service by discouraging any refusal to serve.
Department/s
- Department of Economics
- Centre for Economic Demography
Publishing year
2021-12
Language
English
Pages
225-268
Publication/Series
Journal of Human Resources
Volume
56
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Topic
- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0022-166X