Table 1.

Summary statistics

VariableThe pre-service (military service expected)The post-service (military service finished)
Option exercise (choosing discharge over KRW 20m)0.391 (0.490)0.307 (0.463)
Age20.09 (1.357)26.33 (2.703)
Subjective socially accepted strike price (KRW thousand) (choosing discharge over strike price)2,276 (2,091)1,792 (1,233)
College graduate0.0301 (0.171)0.533 (0.501)
Parent’s net asset (KRW thousand)136,470 (127,750)185,170 (159,460)
Seoul city residents0.248 (0.434)0.293 (0.457)
Literature major in college0.0752 (0.265)0.0733 (0.262)
Social science major0.0827 (0.276)0.107 (0.310)
Business economics major0.105 (0.308)0.180 (0.385)
Natural science major0.0902 (0.288)0.0533 (0.225)
Engineering major0.511 (0.502)0.493 (0.502)
Observations133150

Notes:

Option exercise = 1 for “discharge” and 0 for “continue and receive ₩20 million.” As for subjective socially accepted strike price, we ask what a respondent thinks is a socially desirable strike price, the amount of staying in the military (“continue”) per month. For example, if a respondent answers ₩2m, he believes that a soldier should receive it per month if the soldier chooses to serve for the military 10 months more as a corporal and sergeant. Standard deviations in parentheses

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