My evidence from Uganda suggests that, when coerced, children are the
most likely to be indoctrinated and disoriented, and so are the least
likely to escape.
Here is much more, from Chris Blattman, interesting throughout.
Africa military recruitment fact of the day
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[Insert rip on American public schools.]
I could not have read a better opening comment
Jason – Chris Blattman actually is doing a lot on that topic. You should check out his research homepage.
I’m surprised. Usually this sort of thing is twisted immediately into some sort of snooty comment about something America. “Children indoctrinated into violence they cannot comprehend, performing unspeakable acts of violence, maiming and murder until they themselves are maimed or murdered? THAT IS SO LIKE SOMETHING COMMON IN AMERICA.”
Well, okay, we did get that kind of comment, I just figured it’d be a knock on Christianity or something.
The first comment on Chris’ blog post is pretty damning. If the sign of your regression is driven by one outlier, then your conclusion is pretty tenuous.
(Do economists know how to calculate P-values? Or do they, like most biologists, not really understand error bars?)
The war is so terrible. Let’s pray for peach together
Is it realistic?
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