Browsing by Author "Souza, André Portela"
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Uma análise dos fatores associados à frequência ao ensino médio na educação de jovens e adultos (EJA) no Brasil
2013-12-09Um dos grandes desafios atuais da política educacional brasileira é compreender as razões da chamada crise de audiência do ensino médio. Como alternativa à modalidade regular, jovens a partir dos 17 anos podem optar pela ... -
Birth order, child labor, and school attendance in Brazil
2008-09This paper examines the effects of birth order on intra-household allocations as evidenced by the child labor incidence and school attendance of Brazilian children. Previous studies have found that earlier born children ... -
The causal effect of family size on child labor and education
2007-07-20This paper investigates the causal relationship between family size and child labor and education among brazilian children. More especifically, it analyzes the impact of family size on child labor, school attendance, ... -
The causal impacts of child labor law in Brazil: some preliminary findings
2017-03-01This paper investigates the causal impact of the change in law of December 1998 that increased the minimum legal age of entry into the labor force from 14 to 16. We used a difference-in-differences (DD) approach to estimate ... -
Child labor and learning
2013-12-05This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro panel dataset of Brazilian students. The potential endogeneity is addressed through the use of di ... -
Decentralization and education performance: a first view to the Brazilian process
2010-06-16This paper analyses the impact of the decentralization in educational system that is taking place in Brazil in the last decade, as a result of several laws that encourage municipalities to invest in fundamental education. ... -
Designing good labour market institutions: how to reconcile flexibility, productivity and security?
2019-11The world of work is in constant change. Demographic shifts, technological innovation, institutional reforms and global economic integration affect the way people work. Technological innovations have a major impact on ... -
Os determinantes do fluxo escolar entre o ensino fundamental e o ensino médio
2012-09-12Neste artigo estimam-se os fluxos escolares do ensino fundamental para o médio e os fluxos ao longo do médio para a última década nas seis maiores regiões metropolitanas do país. Também se estimam que conjuntos de variáveis ... -
Earnings inequality in Brazil: is it permanent or transitory?
2007-11-01This paper seeks to analyze the dynamic behavior of prime-age male workers’ earnings inequality in the formal labor market of the State of S˜ao Paulo in the years 1990-1998. The aim is to fit an econometric model of unobserved ... -
The economics of child labour
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Envelhecimento da população e desigualdade
2019-05O presente trabalho traça o perfil da população acima dos 65 anos no Brasil. Descreve o envelhecimento da população e as diferenças entre a expectativa de vida nas regiões com diferentes níveis de renda. Discute a renda e ... -
Evidence of eligibility manipulation for conditional cash transfer programs
2013-12-09This paper assesses whether eligibility for conditional cash transfer programs have been manipulated, as well as the impact of this phenomenon on time allocation within households. To perform this analysis, we use data ... -
The fire-armed police effect: evidences from a quasi-natural experiment in Brazil
2016We estimate the impact of fire-armed police on violent crimes (homicides and acts of aggression) in a quasi-natural experiment in Brazil. In 2003, Brazilian legislators approved a law that regulates the use of firearms by ... -
Firm size distribution and informality effects of a revenue-dependent tax policy
We study how revenue-dependent tax policies affect wages, productivity, and welfare in an economy where formal and informal firms co-exist. We use a dynamic entrepreneurial choice model and bring it to the data to assess ... -
The impact of structured teaching methods on the quality of education
2012-09-12This paper estimates the impact of the use of structured methods on the quality of education of the students in primary public school in Brazil. Structure methods encompass a range of pedagogical and managerial instruments ... -
The impacts of studying abroad: evidence from a government-sponsored scholarship program in Brazil
This paper investigates the impact of the Science without Borders (Ciência sem Fronteiras - CSF) program on participants’ post-graduation enrollment, employment, and entrepreneurship. The program was launched in 2011 to ... -
Lighting and violent crimes: evaluating the effect of an electrification policy in rural Brazil on violent crime reduction
2016-01-19This paper estimates the effect of lighting on violent crime reduction. We explore an electrification program (LUZ PARA TODOS or Light for All - LPT) adopted by the federal government to expand electrification to rural ... -
Medindo a qualidade das escolas: evidências para o Brasil
2015-09-01In this paper, we propose the creation of an index that reflects the quality of school associated with school factors and avoids two problems found in previous studies: indicators of proficiency level that reflect more the ... -
New evidence of the causal effect of family size on child quality in a developing country
2012-09-12This paper presents new evidence of the causal effect of family size on child quality in a developing-country context. We estimate the impact of family size on child labor and educational outcomes among Brazilian children ...
