Effects of Brazilian schools on student learning

Soares, José Francisco; Alves, Maria Teresa Gonzaga; Xavier, Flávia Pereira

doi:10.4324/9781351257169-5

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“…In turn, society benefits from the country's economic growth and development, more specifically from the decreased likelihood of unemployment, reduced crime, improved health levels and increased productivity (Hanushek and Kimko 2000;Barros and Mendonça 1997;Bishop 1989). Although efforts by the Brazilian government have resulted in educational advances in terms of years of schooling, children's access to schools and a slight increase in student achievement (Soares et al 2016), Brazilian students still score below the OECD average and the goals set in the National Education Plan (OECD 2019;Soares and Alves 2013).…”

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Spatial distribution and dissemination of education in Brazilian municipalities

2020

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This article aims to investigate the spatial effect of the quality of human capital and to identify if there is educational spillover from higher education in the proficiencies of elementary students. Although the role of geographical aspects has been studied in several academic areas, in the literature on the economics of education such studies are incipient and the few existing contributions use the stock of education as the object of analysis. The present study differs by using proficiency as a proxy for quality and also by examining the spillover effect of the presence and quality of university courses in the area of education. The results indicate a strong spatial dependence, suggesting the spatial dimension influences school performance. On the other hand, higher education institutions influence school performance in the municipality of origin, but not that of neighboring municipalities.

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confidence: 99%