Publicly provided education is both an important public expenditure and a relevant in-kind transfer, often to the … poorest households. This paper compares three methods to value education services and their distributive impact. The methods … are: i) The first method is cost of provision, according to which education is worth what it costs the state to provide it …

Publicly provided education is both an important public expenditure and a relevant in-kind transfer, often to the … poorest households. This paper compares three methods to value education services and their distributive impact. The methods … are: i) The first method is cost of provision, according to which education is worth what it costs the state to provide it …

We examine the extent to which education is a main determinant of affluence in Brazil. We focus on workers in the top 1 … main conclusion is that while education may be important to explain total inequality, there is no evidence that mass … education is a major factor explaining the differences between the rich and the rest of the population. Not even elite education …

Life conditions for teachers working in basic education are better than those of the average Brazilian working … throughout the country. When teachers' average salaries equal the average of the population with tertiary education, it would …

's education system. These propositions take the form of the National System of Education (Sistema Nacional de Educação), which … relates to a long-standing reformist tradition. The main focus is the way through which the National System of Education would … affect state and municipal autonomy in the governance of education systems. Thus, we describe the main similarities and …

management and adoption of good practices in municipal education, which influence the decisions and behavior of managers in …