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Public investment in education reduces income inequality, says research

Published by Romualdo Matos in 01/05/2021
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Public education is one of the most effective policies in combating inequalities in Brazil, according to an exclusive survey by Made/USP (Research Center in Macroeconomics of Inequalities). The data show that spending on education reduces the index that measures income difference by up to 9.62%.

A recent report in the Folha de São Paulo newspaper also showed how the chances of a child repeating the low level of schooling of its parents is twice as likely to happen in Brazil as in the United States, according to data from the IMDS (Institute for Mobility and Social Development).

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