| Grant number: | 13/21099-5 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| Start date until: | December 01, 2013 |
| End date until: | July 30, 2015 |
| Field of knowledge: | Applied Social Sciences - Economics |
| Principal Investigator: | Marcos de Almeida Rangel |
| Grantee: | Ana Paula Melo da Silva |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated scholarship(s): | 14/08834-0 - Noncognitive skills and educational outcomes: a study based on São Paulo public school system, BE.EP.MS |
Abstract This paper brings new evidence on the influence of non-cognitive elements (e.g. motivation, aspirations, perseverance) on the academic performance of students by building an "Aspirations, Expectations and Attitudes" (AEA) index using previously unobservable covariates. We draw information from a novel dataset on the profile of students from public schools in the brazilian state of São Paulo (C-IDEAS/LEIA-ME/BID de Caracterização Multidemensional do Alunado Paulista) .The results shed light on a recent debate on the economics of education literature about the determinants of academic performance, bringing further information about them and helping policy makers to build more focused and effective interventions. | |
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