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 … education influence the chances of becoming a politician. In this paper we analyze the effects of a substantial series of school …

We study the impact on criminal activity from a large scale Swedish reform of vocational upper secondary education … prolonged and more general education lead to a reduction in property crime, but no significant decrease in violent crime. The …

compared to persons from high-status families. This paper examines whether reforms in education can help to reduce the socio …) changes in the resources allocated to education between different socio-economic groups (reform effects) and (b) changes in … return which relate to the impact of education on turnout in different groups. We use this framework to analyze a reform of …