Listagem FGV EESP - Textos para Discussão / Working Paper Series por autor "Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro"

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    • Uma análise dos fatores associados à frequência ao ensino médio na educação de jovens e adultos (EJA) no Brasil 

      Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro; Souza, André Portela Fernandes de; Tavares, Priscilla de Albuquerque
      2013-12-09
      Um 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 ...

    • The causal effect of family size on child labor and education 

      Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro; Souza, André Portela Fernandes de
      2007-07-20
      This 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, ...

    • Child labor and learning 

      Emerson, Patrick M.; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro; Souza, André Portela Fernandes de
      2013-12-05
      This 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 ...

    • College quality signaling and individual performance: effects on labor market outcomes after graduation 

      Bacalhau, Priscilla; Mattos, Enlinson; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
      2019-05
      The association between college attendance and labor market premium is well-documented in existing literature. The signaling process plays a role in the explanation: college graduation serves as a signal for ability to the ...

    • Correcting the fixed-effect estimator for endogenous switching 

      Botelho, Fernando; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
      2007-07-20
      In this paper, we propose a two-step estimator for panel data models in which a binary covariate is endogenous. In the first stage, a random-effects probit model is estimated, having the endogenous variable as the left-hand ...

    • Os determinantes do fluxo escolar entre o ensino fundamental e o ensino médio 

      Souza, André Portela Fernandes de; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro; Rocha, Bruno Oliva
      2012-09-12
      Neste 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 ...

    • O efeito do estigma sobre os beneficiários de programas de transferência no Brasil 

      Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro; Mattos, Enlinson
      2010-06-01
      Este artigo investiga o impacto do estigma sobre as decisões econômicas dos indivíduos beneficiados por algum programa de transferência federal. Estigma é definido aqui como a desutilidade resultante em participar de algum ...

    • The effects of adult literacy on earnings and employment 

      Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro; Rocha, Maúna Soares de Baldini
      2012-09-12
      This paper provides evidence of the effects of adult literacy on individuals’ income and employability in Brazil based on information obtained from the monthly employment survey (PME). The OLS results indicate that after ...

    • The impact of structured teaching methods on the quality of education 

      Leme, Maria Carolina da Silva; Louzano, Paula Baptista Jorge; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro; Souza, André Portela Fernandes de
      2012-09-12
      This 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 ...

    • Impacto da alfabetização de adultos sobre salário e emprego 

      Rocha, Maúna Soares de Baldini; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
      2010-06-17
      In this paper, we document some evidence about the impacts of adult alphabetization on earnings and labor force participation. The longitudinal data available in the Monthly Employment Survey (PME) allow us to control for ...

    • Income and bargaining effects on education and health 

      Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
      2010-05-05
      In this paper, we examine the impacts of the reform in the rural pension system in Brazil in 1991 on schooling and health indicators. In addition, we use the reform to investigate the validity of the unitary model of ...

    • Informal wages in an economy with active labor courts 

      Araujo, Luis Fernando Oliveira de; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
      2012-09-12
      In most developing countries, job regulations and the justice branch interfere on several aspects of labor contracts. Inspired by this fact, we build a model that explores the role of labor courts in the determination of ...

    • Municipalities secession and uncertainty on public goods provision 

      Arvate, Paulo Roberto; Mattos, Enlinson; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
      2010-07-01
      This paper investigates the causes of municipalities secession in Brazil. The theoretical model proposes that the median voter is not fully informed about the efficiency effect of secession on public good provision and ...

    • New evidence of the causal effect of family size on child quality in a developing country 

      Souza, André Portela Fernandes de; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
      2012-09-12
      This 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 ...

    • Segmentation in the Brazilian labor market 

      Botelho, Fernando; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
      2007-07-20
      This paper measures the degree of segmentation in the brazilian labor market. Controlling for observable and unobservable characteristics, workers earn more in the formal sector, which supports the segmentation hypothesis. ...

    • Test score disclosure and school performance 

      Camargo, Bráz Ministério de; Firpo, Sergio Pinheiro; Ponczek, Vladimir Pinheiro
      2012-09-12
      In this paper we test whether the disclosure of test scores has direct impacts on student performance, school composition and school inputs. We take advantage of the discontinuity on the disclosure rules of The National ...