Analyzing three datasets on black and white soldiers and the black and white populations from the same birth years …, this paper finds that black soldiers during the American Civil War had much higher human capital than the black population. …

were former slaves. Because most of the black soldiers who served were illiterate farm workers, the war exposed them to a …

were former slaves. Because most of the black soldiers who served were illiterate farm workers, the war exposed them to a …

companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or … whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldiers benefited from friendships, what social factors allowed some to … war. The book also examines the experience of African-American soldiers and makes important observations about how their …

The stability of many post-conflict societies rests on the successful reintegration of former soldiers. We examine … social capital of former soldiers in Northern Uganda, where the Lord's Resistance Army forcibly recruited tens of thousands … of youth during a recent brutal conflict. We use a set of interlocked experiments to study behavior of ex-soldiers …