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SUMMARY:Development and political economy seminar - Samuel Bazzi
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DESCRIPTION:Long central to state-building and national integration\, comp
 ulsory military service is again in focus amid rising geopolitical tensions
 \, reviving questions about its broader consequences. We construct a novel 
 global database of conscription reforms\, linked to harmonized census and s
 urvey microdata spanning six decades. Comparing adjacent birth cohorts just
  drafted versus just exempt\, we find that conscription increases men’s e
 ducational attainment\, asset ownership\, occupational status\, and geograp
 hic mobility. Skill acquisition during service plays an important role in s
 haping these gains. Men’s economic returns\, in turn\, extend to women an
 d children through the marriage market. Nation-building effects are heterog
 eneous: drafts introduced at independence or in diverse societies foster pa
 triotism and interethnic integration\, while other settings see increased a
 nti-immigrant sentiment. Economic and political benefits are positively cor
 related but vary systematically with modernization paths and labor-market f
 rictions. Our findings reopen the debate on whether conscription can serve 
 as a tool for inclusive development.\\n\\nContact: Timothée Demont: timot
 hee.demont[at]univ-amu.frHabiba Djebbari: habiba.djebbari[at]univ-amu.fr\n\
 nPlus d'informations: https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/en/events/samuel-bazzi-0
LOCATION:Îlot Bernard du Bois - Salle 13\, AMU - AMSE\, 5-9 boulevard Maur
 ice Bourdet\, 13001 Marseille
URL;VALUE=URI:https://amse-aixmarseille.fr/en/events/samuel-bazzi-0
CONTACT:Timothée Demont:&nbsp\;timothee.demont[at]univ-amu.frHabiba Djebba
 ri: habiba.djebbari[at]univ-amu.fr
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