data from public schools in the basic education level from the Northeast Region of Brazil. The results have showed that the …

, large differences are observed only between the very top and bottom institutions. Most schools are much closer to each other … regionally. While there are certainly good schools in the largest cities, the success of the most selective institutions is … results controlling for quality of student intake. In other words, the quality difference between two schools is the expected …

In spring 2020, governments around the globe shut down schools to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. We … conducive to child development. The learning gap was not compensated by parents or schools who provided less support for low …

'). The more generalized trust is, it is expected that there will be more cooperation. Furthermore strong institutions that … role of institutions; since it is difficult to evaluate the effective contribution of formal institutions to economic … performance. The simple existence of institutions, understood as formal 'rules of the game', does not guarantee that they are …