Labor Economics 5th Edition by George Borjas

Exercise 4

In 1970, men aged 18 to 25 were subject to the military draft to serve in the Vietnam War. A man could qualify for a student deferment, however, if he was enrolled in college and made satisfactory progress on obtaining a degree. By 1975, the draft was no longer in existence. The draft did not pertain to women. Using the data in Table 269 of the 2008 edition of the U.S. Statistical Abstract , use women as the control group to estimate (using the difference-in-differences methodology) the effect abolishing the draft had on male college enrollment.