This National Science Foundation award of $379,348 provides funding from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025 under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to the University of Notre Dame du Lac. The award will support research assessing the impact of increased human capital on labor market outcomes and political attitudes in developing countries. The principal investigator will leverage census and other individual-level data, as well as policy variation from free primary education laws, to analyze how additional education affects employment and beliefs in democracy. Using difference-in-differences and regression discontinuity-in-differences techniques, the research aims to provide new understanding of labor markets and inform educational policymaking. Findings will contribute to graduate education and generate data supporting education policy development and the global spread of democracy.
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