作者：Ertola Navajas, Gabriela; Lopez Villalba, Paula A.; Rossi, Martin A.; Vazquez, Antonia
作者单位：Universidad de San Andres Argentina
摘要：We estimate the causal impact of military conscription on long-term beliefs and personality traits. To address potential endogeneity concerns, we exploit the conscription lottery in Argentina. We combine administrative data from the conscription lottery with data from a survey we designed on beliefs and personality traits. We find that men who were conscripted are more likely to adopt a military mind-set and that the effect is long lasting. Given the many people who go through military conscri...
