Long-Term Effects of Armed Conflict on Trust and Behavior: Evidence from Northern Uganda
semanticscholar(2018)
摘要
This study investigates the long-term effects of exposure to armed conflict on trust, trustworthiness, and real-life pro-social behaviors by using trust measures elicited from incentivized lab-in-the-field experiments in rural northern Uganda. Overall, unlike prior studies, we do not find that trust is fostered by exposure to armed conflict either at the individual-level (whether one was abducted by a rebel group) or household-level (whether a household was displaced to a camp). However, there is a heterogeneous impact among former abductees: those who were abducted when younger exhibit less trust and trustworthiness. Furthermore, those abducted seem to show higher mistrust when playing with partners in the northern region compared with other regions. On the effect on real life behavior, those abducted during conflict are more likely to engage in pro-social behaviors. To understand the seemingly contradicting findings between experimentally elicited trust and real life behavior, we investigate the underlying mechanism, which reveals that assistance received after the conflict and the experience of holding a leadership position while with the rebels are the main channels of fostering pro-social behavior.
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