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Replication Data for: Education and Social Capital

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Title Replication Data for: Education and Social Capital
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/8CDVQ2
 
Creator Apfeld, Brendan
Coman, Emanuel
Gerring, John
Jessee, Stephen
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Early research suggested that education was a major factor in structuring rates of political participation and social capital. More recent work based on experimental or quasi-experimental evidence offers mixed findings. In this study, we enlist a unique research setting in Romania, where passing the baccalaureate is required for entrance into university, setting up the occasion for a fuzzy RD design. The sample is drawn from a cross-section of Romanians whose scores fall just above or below the cutoff. Because the sample is large and the measurement of exam scores fine-grained, it is plausible to regard the outcome as continuous at the cutoff. Because the number of exam-takers is enormous, we are able to focus on a very narrow bandwidth. The assumption of as-if random assignment is therefore plausible. We find that university attendance in Romania increases social capital as measured by our composite index, corroborating the main hypothesis.
 
Subject Social Sciences
education, social capital, university, college, participation, trust, voting
 
Contributor Jessee, Stephen