The Long-Term Effect of Military Conscription on Personality and Beliefs
利用阿根廷征兵抽签的随机性，发现被征召入伍的男性更可能形成军事思维模式，且该影响长期持续，对理解全球大量人口的信念形成有参考价值。
Abstract 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 conscription, our results are useful for understanding how personality traits and beliefs are formed for a very salient part of the world's population.