This paper applies multilevel models to Brazilian's tertiary education assessment data in order to test whether some of the factors pointed out by the literature as relevant to achievement are associated with the performance of last year engineering students in 2011. Brazil is the only country...

Public servant wages represent a significant part of Brazilian state governments’ current expenses. Based on the literature, this paper has tried to identify which states practice efficient, compensatory or appropriation wage politics through the estimation of public-private wage...

This paper applies multilevel models to Brazilian's tertiary education assessment data in order to test whether some of the factors pointed out by the literature as relevant to achievement are associated with the performance of last year engineering students in 2011. Brazil is the only country...

Os trabalhadores brasileiros recebem melhores remunerações médias no setor público do que receberiam no setor privado. No entanto, há indícios de que essa situação não é homogênea entre as diversas carreiras públicas. O objetivo deste trabalho é buscar evidências empíricas de que...

Este artigo busca identificar, com dados do Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes realizado em 2011 (Enade 2011) e por meio de modelagens hierárquico-lineares, fatores associados ao desempenho dos novos engenheiros formados no Brasil naquele ano. Espera-se, com isso, fornecer aos gestores...