Recent research has found that black students have worse performance than white students on standardized cognitive tests. Racial segregation is frequently pointed out as one of the main factors behind this situation in the international literature. We studied the effects of racial segregation on...

This paper examines the relationship between trade liberalization and the evolution of the demand for skill in Brazil during the past decade. We use matched employer-employee panel data to test the hypothesis that the reduction in input tariffs made it easier for Brazilian firms to acquire...

Este artigo analisa quais variáveis estão mais associadas à desigualdade de desempenho escolar entre alunos da 4a série do ensino fundamental da rede pública de São Paulo. Foi realizada uma decomposição estática do índice Theil-L. Os resultados indicam que características de...