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...

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...

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...