Analysis of the participation decline in college of the generations from 1950s to 60s in Brazil

• Grant number: 10/17120-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2011
• End date: December 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Economics of Human Resources
• Principal Investigator: Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho
• Grantee: Leandro Seiti Anazawa
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the causes and consequences of the stagnation and subsequent decline in the percentage of people who entered in the college in 1950s and 60s generations in Brazil. Educational historical data will be use to investigate the effects of public policies adopted in education in different states from the 60s. Moreover, an econometric analysis will be run for the period between 1977 and 2009 using data from the "Pesquisas Domiciliares do IBGE" to analyze the evolution of the average number of enrollments in college in each state during those years, looking for the way of its recovery