The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between individuals’ experiences of the Iran–Iraq war (1980–1988) during early adulthood (18–25 years) and their preference for strong national defense forces and their willingness to fight for Iran (in the event of another war). Using the World Values Survey data, we provide evidence that Iranians who experienced the war during their early adulthood give top priority to strong defense forces. However, we find that there is no significant association between individuals’ experiences of the war during early adulthood and their willingness to fight for Iran. The results are robust to controlling for a set of individuals’ socioeconomic and political characteristics as well as different age cohorts. Finally, we show that our results are not influenced by age cohort effect.

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在两伊战争中长大，偏爱强大的防御

本研究的目的是检验个体在成年早期（18-25 岁）期间两伊战争（1980-1988 年）的经历与他们对强大国防力量的偏好以及他们为伊朗作战的意愿之间的关系。万一发生另一场战争）。使用世界价值观调查数据，我们提供证据表明，在成年早期经历过战争的伊朗人将强大的国防力量放在首位。然而，我们发现个体在成年早期的战争经历与其为伊朗而战的意愿之间没有显着关联。结果对于控制一组个人的社会经济和政治特征以及不同年龄组群是稳健的。最后，我们表明我们的结果不受年龄队列效应的影响。