We utilize a natural experiment, an education reform increasing compulsory schooling from five to eight years in Turkey …, to obtain endogeneity-robust estimates of the effect of male education on the incidence of abusive and violent behaviour … against women. We find that husband's education lowers the probability of suffering physical, emotional and economic violence …

We study the causal effect of maternal education on childhood immunization rates. We use the Compulsory Education Law … education of mothers increases the probability of completing the full course of DPT and Hepatitis B vaccinations for their …

in a linked panel of full-count US census data. Exposure to CS laws led to comparable increases in education levels for … sorting into higher education and higher income occupations) ii) assortative mating on education, and iii) geographic mobility …

Does education make people more or less religious? The previous literature offers mixed findings on the relationship … between education and religiosity. This may be due to endogeneity bias: education and religiosity can be caused by a third … variable such as culture or upbringing. We instrument education by exposure to the 1997 education reform in Türkiye which …

public investments in education received by these adults during their schooling. This paper confirms existing evidence that … in primary education is associated with higher numeracy scores for those who went on to continue their education. Higher … investments in tertiary education are needed in order to fully realize the benefit of the investments in primary school. Family …

Does education make people more or less religious? The previous literature offers mixed findings on the relationship … between education and religiosity. This may be due to endogeneity bias: education and religiosity can be caused by a third … variable such as culture or upbringing. We instrument education by exposure to the 1997 education reform in Türkiye which …