Nation-Building through Military Service
利用阿根廷征兵抽签的随机性，研究兵役对态度和信念的长期影响，发现服役增强了国家认同和社会整合，但不影响投票或纳税等公民行为。
Abstract This paper studies conscription’s role in durably shaping attitudes and beliefs consistent with nation-building. We pair original survey data covering 29 cohorts of conscripts in Argentina with random variation in service emerging from a lottery. We find that serving in the military leads to a stronger national identity and social integration several decades after serving but does not affect civic behaviors such as voting or paying taxes. Value inculcation during service helps explain the baseline patterns, while exposure to and interaction with diverse peers reinforce but do not drive the results.