while education can be an escalator out of social disadvantage — leading to better job prospects for youths facing greater … significant minority of students in several OECD countries do not even complete compulsory education; students' test scores in … lower secondary education are strongly shaped by family characteristics; and the expansion of university education has most …

Choice and competition in education have found growing support from both policy makers and academics in the recent past …"Choice and competition in education have found growing support from both policy makers and academics in the recent …

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 …