education influence the chances of becoming a politician. In this paper we analyze the effects of a substantial series of school …How does availability of education affect who becomes a political representative? Theorists have pointed out access to … education as a key to a well-functioning democracy, but few empirical studies have examined how changes in the access to …

We use data from polling stations and public primary schools to estimate the electoral effects of making school quality … information available to voters. We exploit the introduction of a school-level accountability system in Brazil that provides, for … the first time, information about school quality and exploit variation in schools affected by the policy. We find that …

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a mock election as a student does not increase the likelihood ofvoting in subsequent real elections. This result holds …Student mock elections are carried out in schools around the world in an effortto increase political interest and … efficacy among students. There is, however, alack of research on whether mock elections in schools enhance voter turnoutin real …