Author ORCID Identifier
Degree Year
2023
Document Type
Thesis - Oberlin Community Only
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Advisor(s)
John Duca
Susan Colley
Committee Member(s)
Evan Kresch
Paul Brehm
Martin Saavedra
Keywords
Education, Politicians, Close elections, Brazil
Abstract
This paper investigates the role of tertiary education on the educational policy decisions of Brazilian mayors. Using a close election regression discontinuity design, I identify the effect of electing a college educated mayor on a battery of educational outcomes. In contrast to assumptions made in much of the literature, I find that municipalities that elect college-educated mayors do not have better educational outcomes than municipalities that elect mayors without a college education.
Repository Citation
Kris, Hannah, "We Don't Need No Education: The Impact of Electing a College-Educated Mayor on Educational Outcomes" (2023). Honors Papers. 895.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/895
