| Description |
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations |
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Policy research working paper ; 3547 |
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Policy research working papers ; 3547
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| Summary |
"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. Their results indicate that the burden of conscription falls disproportionately on the poor. Poor, rural households, with a low level of education, are more likely to have sons who are enlisted than urban, wealthy, and better-educated families. The losses incurred by the poor are disproportionately large and exceed the statutory rates of personal income taxes."--World Bank web site |
| Analysis |
Poverty; Labor and Income; Public Policy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Draft -- Economic aspects -- Russia (Federation)
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Poor -- Russia (Federation)
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Draft -- Economic aspects
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Poor
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Russia (Federation)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Yemtsov, Ruslan
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World Bank
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