We examine the extent to which education is a main determinant of affluence in Brazil. We focus on workers in the top 1 … main conclusion is that while education may be important to explain total inequality, there is no evidence that mass … education is a major factor explaining the differences between the rich and the rest of the population. Not even elite education …

Publicly provided education is both an important public expenditure and a relevant in-kind transfer, often to the … poorest households. This paper compares three methods to value education services and their distributive impact. The methods … are: i) The first method is cost of provision, according to which education is worth what it costs the state to provide it …

The aim of this study is to investigate three relevant dimensions of Brazilian inequality in the labor market, gender …

This article estimates the market value of public education by comparing standardized test scores of students in public … and private schools. The idea is to assign to the education of each public school student a market value equivalent to the …-school, primary, and secondary education are all highly progressive government transfers. Furthermore, since their market value is …

far from impressive but do show a modest drop in the probability of grade repetition. -- education and inequality …

. Therefore, it is possible to reduce at least part of regional inequalities by means of educational policies if education in the …