The contribution of Bolsa Família to the educational achievement of economically disadvantaged children in Brazil

Not only Financialization: Recent Trends in Brazilian Social Policies

“…As demonstrated by several studies (Bichir, ; Colin et al., ; Jaccoud et al., ; Paiva et al., ), instruments developed in conjunction with Bolsa Família, most notably the Cadastro Único — Single Register — and its stronger articulation in the Sistema Único de Assistência Social (SUAS) — Unified Social Assistance System — enhanced the potential for integration between different social policies over the course of the PT governments, enabling articulation between targeting strategies and universal policies. Lavinas also ignores the literature addressing the impacts of the programme in different social spheres, from the reduction of child mortality indicators (Rasella et al., ), to improved school performance among children of low‐income families (Simões and Sabates, ), to enhanced food and nutritional security (Cotta and Machado, ), which run counter to the claim that social policy was solely a means of pursuing inclusion via consumption.…”

Do Pay-for-Grades Programs Encourage Student Cheating? Evidence from a randomized experiment

“…Building on the promise of expectancy value theory of achievement (Atkinson, 1957;Eccles, 1983;Wigfield, 1994), it was argued that paying directly to parents and students will improve their motivation to invest in schooling (See Morais de Sa e Silva, 2015 for a review). It did not take long, however, for many educational researchers to realize that the basic CCTs do not necessarily improve learning outcomes (e.g., Simões & Sabates, 2014). A few upgraded CCTs implemented in Nicaragua, the USA (Opportunity NYC), Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Pakistan went one step further to make CCT contingent on satisfactory student academic performance (Morais de Sa e Silva, 2015).…”

Adolescente masculino beneficiário do programa bolsa família: conhecimento sobre o programa na família assistida

“…Por outro lado, a fala a seguir toca em um ponto importante, que para o entrevistado, tem impacto negativo no Programa: Contudo, um dos aspectos mais relevantes do PBF chama atenção: o impacto que o tempo de participação no programa, associado ao valor do benefício, tem sobre a escolaridade (25) . Com efeito, se um dos objetivos do Bolsa Família é aumentar a escolaridade dos filhos das famílias mais vulneráveis, para que eles tenham mais oportunidades futuras, há de se pensar em uma política continuada, que garanta os impactos devidos na correção da trajetória escolar destas crianças e jovens e na obtenção de bons resultados, consequentemente, com futuras oportunidades de empregos.…”