Previous research documents a correlation between education and political ideology, usually indicating a positive … relationship between education and left-wing political views. In this paper, I examine to what extent this association is causal. I … increase in education due to compulsory educational reforms. Notably, it appears that omitted variables bias is important here …

Far-reaching transformations in Swiss education were pushed in the last decade by two prominent international … forces of the Swiss reform wave in the last decade. Results show that Swiss secondary education policy exhibits a … education highly conformed to the Bologna aims. While different communicative mechanisms furthered policy convergence in Swiss …