In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …

We present new evidence on the causal impact of education on crime, by considering a large expansion of the UK post …-compulsory education system that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The education expansion raised education levels across the … whole education distribution and, in particular for our analysis, at the bottom end enabling us to develop an instrumental …

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 …

-based early childhood education intervention? Data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), which randomly assigned …

supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment in graduate …

Do negative incentives or sticks in education improve student outcomes? Since the late 1980s, several U.S. states have …

-quarters of the gaps in age-eight IQ and achievement would be eliminated by the early education program. …