We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions. …

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 …

In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document … increases in education acquisition by people from relatively rich family backgrounds. At the same time, wage differentials for … the more educated have risen. Putting these two together (more education for people from richer backgrounds and an …

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 …