O impacto dos gastos públicos em EJA sobre o analfabetismo no Brasil

Abstract

Analyzing data from illiteracy and public spending on education of Brazilian states from 1981 to 2007, ít ís realízed a falI of the first and a smalI íncrease on the second. In additíon, There was a large concentration of illiteracy in the Northeast region at the expense of a lower volume of spending. Spending for youths and adults education - ElA - were only observed from 2004 (year that have been made available by the National Treasury Secretariat). Using longitudinal data for Brazilian states during the period 2004 to 2007, it was made a descriptive and econometric analysis for evaluating the impact of spending on ElA on the reduction of illiteracy rate, controlling by socioeconomic factors such as level of poverty and household per capita income of the states. Estimating Panel Data model with random effects, there is a negative impact, although not statistically significant, of public expenditure on education for young people and adults. However, the positive significance of the level of poverty on the rates of illiteracy and the observed low per capita spending of ElA in regions with the highest rates of illiteracy, leads us to think. that maybe spending in ElA not being designed properly, not as it was expecting to reduce the illiteracy in Brazil.