2024/09/01 by J H Walter, Thomas H. Kang · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Demography #Economic Growth and Productivity #Geography #Income, Poverty, and Inequality #Mathematics #Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare #Sociology #Statistics
paper · doi:10.1080/20780389.2024.2417268
published in Economic History of Developing Regions 39(3), 307-336 (Taylor & Francis)
openalex publication_date 2024/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15
This paper presents a new dataset of average years of schooling (AYS) in Brazil between 1925 and 2015, using demographic censuses and household surveys as benchmarks. The dataset is also broken down by gender (1925–2015), race/colour (1925–2015), and state (1950–2015). In contrast to the Barro-Lee dataset, which reports an implausible AYS decrease in the 1970s, our dataset shows a gradual AYS increase in Brazil over time. We also show that women’s AYS surpassed men’s from 1983 onwards and that levels of inequality by race/colour and state/region have remained relatively stable over time.