We provide empirical evidence supporting a causal link between education and risk attitudes when using representative … experimental measures of risk attitudes and find that each is positively correlated with years of education. Furthermore, we … boom in the construction of new schools in Lima, providing evidence that more education may increase risk attitudes. Our …

We provide empirical evidence supporting a causal link between education and risk attitudes when using representative … experimental measures of risk attitudes and find that each is positively correlated with years of education. Furthermore, we … boom in the construction of new schools in Lima, providing evidence that more education may increase risk attitudes. Our …

This paper examines the causal link between education and democracy. Motivated by a model whereby educated individuals …, the empirical analysis uses World Values Surveys to study the link between education and democratic attitudes. Controlling … for a variety of characteristics, the paper finds that higher education levels tend to result in prodemocracy views. These …

This paper examines the causal link between education and democracy. Motivated by a model whereby educated individuals …, the empirical analysis uses World Values Surveys to study the link between education and democratic attitudes. Controlling … for a variety of characteristics, the paper finds that higher education levels tend to result in prodemocracy views. These …

This paper examines the causal link between education and democracy. Motivated by a model whereby educated individuals …, the empirical analysis uses World Values Surveys to study the link between education and democratic attitudes. Controlling … for a variety of characteristics, the paper finds that higher education levels tend to result in rodemocracy views. These …