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Who bears the cost of Russia's military draft?

The authors use data from a large nationally representative survey in Russia to analyze the distributional and welfare implications of draft avoidance as a common response to Russia's highly unpopular conscription system. They develop a simple theoretical model that describes household compliance decisions with respect to enlistment. The authors use several econometric techniques to estimate the effect of various household characteristics on the probability of serving in the army and the implications for household income.

Link http://www-wds.worldbank.…64258546&theSitePK=523679
Author Lokshin, M., Yemtsov, R.
Date 01-Mar-2005
Institute World Bank
Tags Russia, military, welfare, household, income

See also

  1. Relations After the EU Enlargement: The Visegrad Countries and Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.
  2. Russian Leverage on the CIS and the Baltic States
  3. Costs of taxation and the benefits of public goods : the role of income effects
  4. Regional impacts of Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization
  5. Household strategies for coping with poverty and social exclusion in post-crisis Russia

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