Arbeitspapier

Trusting former rebels: An experimental approach to understanding reintegration after civil war

We use a set of experiments to study the effects of forced military service for a rebel group on social capital. We examine the case of Northern Uganda, where recruits did not self-select nor were systematically screened by rebels. We find that individual cooperativeness robustly increases with length of soldiering, especially among those who soldiered during early age. Parents of ex-soldiers are aware of the behavioral difference: they trust ex-soldiers more and expect them to be more trustworthy. These results suggest that the impact of child soldiering on social capital, in contrast to human capital, is not necessarily detrimental.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IES Working Paper ; No. 20/2014

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Field Experiments
Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bauer, Michal
Fiala, Nathan
Levely, Ian
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)
(wo)
Prague
(wann)
2014

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bauer, Michal
  • Fiala, Nathan
  • Levely, Ian
  • Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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