PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Maurin, Eric
AU  - Xenogiani, Theodora
TI  - Demand for Education and Labor Market Outcomes
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.XLII.4.795
DP  - 2007 Oct 02
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 795--819
VI  - XLII
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLII/4/795.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLII/4/795.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2007 Oct 02; XLII
AB  - Before 1997, education was a way for young French men to avoid military service in the army. After the abolition of compulsory conscription in 1997, this incentive to stay on in education disappeared. We show that the decrease in the benefit of pursuing education for men was followed by a fall in their educational achievement relative to women and by a decrease in their relative entry wages. These results suggest that high school dropout rates could be reduced by policies increasing the immediate benefits of pursuing education and that it would yield a substantial improvement in early labor market outcomes.