Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies, for … example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality – ranging from zero to large … compulsory education both in the shorter and longer run. In contrast, compulsory schooling reforms have little or no effect on …

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 …