An analysis of the demographic dividend on school enrollment in Brazil a hierarchical and spatial-hierarchical approach

The aim of this paper is to investigate the determinants of attendance at elementary and secondary schools in Brazil, combining two traditions in educational studies. The first tradition has to do with the demographic dividend and the second with studies on educational determinants based on the theo...

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Autores: Riani, Juliana de Lucena Ruas, Rios-Neto, Eduardo Luiz Gonçalves
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais (ABEP)
Repositorio:Revista brasileira de estudos de população (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.rebep.org.br:article/203
Acceso en línea:https://rebep.org.br/revista/article/view/203
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Education
educational production function
demographic dividend
Educación
Función de Producción Educacional
Dividendo demográfico
Educação
Função de Produção Educacional
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Sumario:The aim of this paper is to investigate the determinants of attendance at elementary and secondary schools in Brazil, combining two traditions in educational studies. The first tradition has to do with the demographic dividend and the second with studies on educational determinants based on the theoretical approach of Educational Production Function. This article takes into account spatial dynamics in educational analysis by constructing an alternative methodology that combines spatial and hierarchical models. The main results show that, on the elementary level, lower demographic pressure is among the most important contextual factors that influence enrolment of children in schools. On the other hand, educational supply, represented by the ratio between the number of teachers and the school-age population, is the most important aspect in cities. The hierarchical-spatial model shows that the dependency ratio, together with the additional contextual variables in adjacent cities, has an influence on school enrollment of any given municipality.