Does the military turn men into criminals? New evidence from Australia’s conscription lotteries

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 197-218

  Siminski, Peter ^a,b   Ville, Simon ^a   Paull, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australia; Crime; Military service

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945436486     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-014-0537-5     Document Type: Article

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