The Northeast is the region in the country where the impact of parents’ years of schooling on their children’s progress is greatest

Among all the factors that can increase a person’s chances of growing in life, Education plays the most relevant role. Several studies show that the more one advances in their school career, the greater their income as a worker. But what emerges from the data made available on the new platform of the Institute for Mobility and Social Development (IMDS) are the effects of a person’s level of schooling on the development of their children. And, mainly, how much each added year of a person’s studies can convert into further development in the academic life of their children.

Examining all the reasons that make a person in fact have better chances in life is the mission of IMDS, the first institution essentially dedicated to the topic of social mobility in Brazil. Inequality is commonly identified as the main Brazilian social problem. But the greatest injustice lies in the difference in opportunities between the richer and the poorer when it comes to simply having a chance of making headway in life. This is the subject being discussed when it comes to social mobility.