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

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...

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Main Authors: Evandro Camargos Teixeira, Ana Lúcia Kassouf
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-06-01
Series:Economia Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/106032