(2001). Education, Earnings and Inequality in Brazil, 198298: Implications for Education Policy, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2686, Washington DC.Bloom, A.; Holm-Nielsen, L. and Verner, D. 2001 "Education, Earnings, and Inequality in Brazil, 1982-98: Implications for Education ...
While there are rapidly increasing enrolments worldwide, higher education systems are still characterized by continuing inequalities in access. Brazil is a case in point in this regard, with highly restricted admissions for those from low-income families, African descendants, and those with low parent...
This paper studies educational inequality in the Philippines from 1950 to 2015, examining changes in the association between social origin and educational attainment against a backdrop of educational expansions and fluctuating economic conditions. Using data from the World Bank STEP Skills Survey, the st...
The inclusive education movement in Brazil has accompanied an international movement since the last years of the twentieth century, starting with the Jomtien declaration in 1990. As far as legislation is concerned, students with disability are well represented regarding access to education from the earl...
high education to assess if relative changes in chronic disease have narrowed over time. Third, we estimate the slope index of inequality (SII) that evaluates the absolute change in the predicted prevalence of a disease between those in low vs. high education. Finally, we tested for ...
Socioeconomic differences in health in Brazil are largely driven by differences in educational attainment. In this paper, we assess whether educational gradients in chronic disease prevalence have narrowed in Brazil from 1998 to 2013, a period of a boomi
The transition to remote learning in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) might have led to dramatic setbacks in education. Taking advantage of the fact that São Paulo State featured in-person classes for most of the first school quarter of 2020 but not thereafter, we estimate...
作者: Institutional Management in Higher Education 摘要: Paraná is one of the most prosperous states in Brazil and has invested in higher education, science and technology, and publicprivate partnerships. Its higher education scene is dominated by federal and state universities, but the private ...
(This article belongs to the Section Social Stratification and Inequality) Download keyboard_arrow_down Versions Notes Abstract The paper presents the institutional framework of the Indigenous Schools in Brazil it raises the issues presented by the relationship between school as institution and patterns...
, south africa draws hundreds of thousands of visitors each year eager to see its impressive terrain, wildlife and cultural diversity. although south africa has come a long way since the end of apartheid in 1994, it remains a country of vast inequality and high crime. while the country is ...