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model developed by Ferreira (2001), about the interaction between income, educational and political inequalities, as well as … the influence of these inequalities on an economy's per capita income. The analysis applies panel data estimation …) income and educational inequalities have negative correlation with per capita income; b) more political participation is …
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We estimate the returns to education for women and the racial wage differential among women over the wage distribution in Brazil by using quantile regression with semiparametric correction for sample selection. Our estimates show that the returns to education are high and that they are not...
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Using demand and supply simultaneous equations, including endogenous variables, it was analyzed the possible economic impact on the GDP and GDP per capita, resulted of the increase in the broadband internet access diffusion in Brazil. Broadband penetration, GDP, GDP per capita and population...
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Applying econometric models on panel data, we analyzed the possible relation between the increase in broadband Internet access density in Brazil and the GDP and GDP per capita growth. Broadband access densities, GDP, GDP per capita and the population education level data were disaggregated at...
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Education differentials by region and by gender among the Brazilian population are quite large. This is partially due to the different probability of access to the school system as well as the drop out probability. This paper computes and describes the proportion of population that achieved a...
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In this text we attempt to track the main changes in the block of questions that pertains to education in the Pesquisas Nacionais por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD). We discuss the evolution of the questions and their flow, as well as point out small changes in the measured results in the 1988,...
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The gender gap measured by average number of years of schooling for the Brazilian population had favored the male population up to the 1980 Census. In 1991, though it was reversed and women averaged .26 year more of schooling than their male counterparts. These aggregated statistics fudge...
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This paper presents an analysis of the educational situation in the States of North region, Maranhão and Mato Grosso, which constitute what is called Amazônia Legal. The period of the analysis contains the years between 1996 and 1998, focusing in the elementary and high school education, due...
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