Impact of violence in São Paulo schools on the academic performance of students
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-8050/ea124436Palabras clave:
Violence, School Performance, Economic Development.Resumen
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.Descargas
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2015-06-19
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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