The Consequences of Child Soldiering
利用乌干达叛军招募方式的外生变化，发现兵役导致受教育年限减少近一年、技能就业减半、收入下降三分之一，且心理困扰不限于前战斗人员。
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. (c) 2010 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.