Impact of violence in São Paulo schools on the academic performance of students

Authors

  • Evandro Camargos Teixeira Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • Ana Lúcia Kassouf Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-8050/ea124436

Keywords:

Violence, School Performance, Economic Development.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to measure the impact of violence on school performance of students in the state of São Paulo in 2007. To this end, we use a multilevel logit model which enables the analysis of hierarchical data. The results show that violence in schools decreased by 0.54% the likelihood of third graders from the school present a satisfactory performance inMathematics. Fromthis result, it is expected that public policies are implemented in order to reduce violence and increase the probability of state economic development and consequently the country.

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Author Biographies

  • Evandro Camargos Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Viçosa
    Professor Adjunto II do Departamento de Economia Rural da UFV
  • Ana Lúcia Kassouf, Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
    Professora Titular do Departamento de Economia, Administração e Sociologia da Esalq/USP. Piracicaba

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Published

2015-06-19

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Papers

How to Cite

Teixeira, E. C., & Kassouf, A. L. (2015). Impact of violence in São Paulo schools on the academic performance of students. Economia Aplicada, 19(2), 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-8050/ea124436