THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHILD SOLDIERING

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Blattman, Christopher; Annan, Jeannie
• 署名单位: Yale University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00036
• 发表日期: 2010-11
• 页码: 882-898
• 关键词: cambodian children; massive trauma; attrition; HEALTH; WAR; PARTICIPATION; sensitivity; FAMILY; IMPACT

摘要

Little is known about the impacts of military service on human capital and labor market outcomes due to an absence of data as well as sample selection: recruits are self-selected, screened, and selectively survive. We examine the case of Uganda, where rebel recruitment methods provide exogenous variation in conscription. Economic and educational impacts are widespread and persistent: schooling falls by nearly a year, skilled employment halves, and earnings drop by a third. Military service seems to be a poor substitute for schooling. Psychological distress is evident among those exposed to severe war violence and is not limited to ex-combatants.