Uma análise econométrica dos determinantes do acesso à Universidade de São Paulo

Abstract

The access to higher education is commonly pointed as a critical issue for the alleviation of the income inequality in Brazil. This article presents an analysis of the determinants of the access to state universities, which is potentially useful for analyzing public policies for increasing the access to higher education. Using data from vestibular 2000 by Fuvest and from PNAD 1999, an econometric model has been estimated with correction for the selection bias arising from the fact that only those individuals taking the vestibular exams are observed.