Conscripting Bodies and Wealth: Compulsory Military Service and the Effects of War on Tax Progressivity

• In Event: Political Violence: Terrorism, Insurgency, and the Costs of War

Brief Overview

I show that large-scale war can indeed catalyze egalitarian socio-political changes, but this effect is conditional on institutions of universal military service that directly link a broad cross-section of the population to the costs of war.

Author

• Changwook Ju, Tulane University