Arbeitspapier
The great leap forward: The political economy of education in Brazil, 1889-1930
Recent research links the inequality across countries and regions to colonial institutions. This paper argues that trade shocks could alter the development path of a country or subnational units, in spite of its colonial institutions. This hypothesis is analyzed using state-level data for Brazil, a country with high regional heterogeneity in endowments. We find that positive trade shocks, or improvements in export tax revenues, increased expenditures on education per capita and education outcomes in the period 1889 to 1930. In fact, trade shocks ended up altering the inequality in education levels across states in a permanent way. The paper ends by explaining why politicians spent windfall tax revenues to invest on education.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Papers ; No. 2010-18
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Education and Research Institutions: General
Public Goods
State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
Economic History: Financial Markets and Institutions: Latin America; Caribbean
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Latin America; Caribbean
Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Latin America; Caribbean
Regional and Urban History: Latin America; Caribbean
- Subject
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Institutions
Fiscal Federalism
Education
Long Run Development
Analphabetismus
Bildungspolitik
Bildungsfinanzierung
Bildungsökonomik
Brasilien
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Martínez Fritscher, André
Musacchio, Aldo
Viarengo, Martina
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Banco de México
- (where)
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Ciudad de México
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Martínez Fritscher, André
- Musacchio, Aldo
- Viarengo, Martina
- Banco de México
Time of origin
- 2010
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