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Preschool expansion in Brazil: an analysis of historical determinants

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  • Talita Silva
  • Thais Barcellos
  • Guilherme Hirata
  • João Batista Araujo e Oliveira

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The school attendance of 4-5 years-old children raised from 3.7% to 78.9% between1970 and 2018 in Brazil. This paper analyses the preschool expansion process in Brazilin the last 50 years, documenting the preschool attendance and discussing how sociodemographicand institutional factors usually associated with the expansion are related to theprocess. The paper shows that female labor force participation, public investments, and demographicfactors were to some extent important but not crucial to the expansion of pre-school attendance in Brazil. Furthermore, the observed expansion seems to be a result of uncoordinatedand unplanned policies implemented in the period. JEL Classification: H52, I21; N36.

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  • Talita Silva & Thais Barcellos & Guilherme Hirata & João Batista Araujo e Oliveira, 2024. "Preschool expansion in Brazil: an analysis of historical determinants," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 44(2), pages 357-376.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:44:y:2024:i:2:p:357-376:id:2458
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    Keywords

    Universal preschool; public policies; determinants of preschool expansion;
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    JEL classification:

    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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