political representation of Muslims improves health and education outcomes in the district from which the legislator is elected …

of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children … in elementary school one additional grade of primary education has a negative impact on enrollment rate, while the effect … on drop-outs is positive. Analogously, we also observed that an additional grade in primary education reduces the …

achievement. Using the rich data set provided by the 'Program on the Analysis of Education Systems' (PASEC) for five francophone …

This paper looks at the contribution of political leaders to enhance citizens' education and investigate how the … educational attainment of the population is affected while a leader with higher education remains in office. For this purpose, we …

are negligible. Second, among composition effects, education has an inequality-reducing impact, while the increase in … clear cut policy implication is that policies enhancing education and economic performance contribute to reduce happiness …

. Furthermore, effects are heterogeneous across education groups: teen motherhood has larger negative effects on high school … completion and years of schooling among poor and low-education households. Our results imply that policies aimed at reducing … early childbearing will have important short-term effects on young women's education outcomes. …

secular education reform, decreases women's propensity to identify themselves as religious, lowers their tendency to wear a … religious head cover (head scarf, turban or burka) and increases the tendency for modernity. Education reduces women …'s propensity to vote for Islamic parties. There is no statistically significant impact of education on men's religiosity or their …