Desigualdade de renda, desigualdade em educação escolaridade das crianças no Brasil

Abstract

This paper analyzes the determinants of schooling attainment at the houdebold level for 14-yearolds in urban regions of Sao Paulo and Northeast Brazil using data from the 1982 PNAD. We find mean schooling of 4.75 years in São Paulo, and 3.25 years in the Northeast, both far short of the 7 years of years of schooling that should have been completed by 14-year-olds. In attempting to explain the 1.5 year advantage in the schooling attainment of 14-year-olds in Sao Paulo, we find regional diferences in the characteristics of parents that are consistent with the regional difference in child outcomes. Parents' schooling and income are considerably higher in Sao Paulo, and inequality in parental schooling is higher in the Northeast. Regression estimates imply substantial positive effects of parental schooling and income on child schooling attainment. Our results sugg