Melo, Raul da Mota Silveira and Duarte, Gisléia Benini (2010) Impacto do programa bolsa família sobre a frequência escolar: o caso da agricultura familiar no Nordeste do Brasil. [Impact of family grant program on school attendance: the case of family agriculture in Northeast Brazil.] Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, 48 (3), pp. 635-656.
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Summary in the original language of the document
O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar o impacto do programa de transferência de renda condicionada Bolsa Família sobre a frequência escolar de crianças e adolescentes de cinco a 14 anos na agricultura familiar dos estados de Pernambuco, Ceará, Sergipe e Paraíba. Nessa investigação, o trabalho faz uso de dados primários (pesquisa de campo) e dados secundários (PNAD, 2005) para obter estimativas de propensity score. Os resultados indicam que, de forma geral, o programa eleva a frequência escolar das referidas crianças no intervalo de 5,4 a 5,9 pontos percentuais. Contudo, há importantes diferenças quando se considera meninas e meninos separadamente, sendo o programa eficaz no primeiro caso e ineficaz no segundo. Ou seja, apesar da avaliação positiva para as meninas, não parece haver efeito do programa sobre a frequência escolar dos meninos, o que pode estar associado a diferenças de gênero nos custos de oportunidades do investimento em capital humano no meio rural.
Summary translation
The main proposal of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Bolsa Família conditioned public cash transfer program on the school presence among the children and adolescents from five to 14 years, in the Brazilian states of Pernambuco, Ceará, Sergipe and Paraíba. The work uses both primary and secondary data (PNAD, 2005) to build two different control groups used for propensity score estimative matching with children from families that received income from the federal program. For all studied groups the impact of the Bolsa Família was positive, in other words, the results indicate that the program increases the school presence by 5,6 points. But the results still suggest there is difference between gender, with the program being effective for girls, but not for boys. This probably is related to the gender difference in the opportunity cost of human capital investment in Brazil rural northeast.
| EPrint Type: | Journal paper |
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| Keywords: | Agricultura familiar, Education, Bolsa Família, Nordeste do Brasil. Family farm, Education, Bolsa Família, Norteast of Brazil. |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English Family farms http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2787 English education http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2488 English Income http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3820 |
| Subjects: | Farming Systems Farming Systems > Social aspects |
| Research affiliation: | Brazil > Other organizations Brazil |
| ISSN: | 0103-2003 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0103-20032010000300007 |
| Related Links: | http://www.scielo.br/?lng=pt |
| Deposited By: | Pinto, Gabriela Franco |
| ID Code: | 22753 |
| Deposited On: | 10 Jun 2013 19:08 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2013 19:08 |
| Document Language: | Portuguese/Portugues |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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