Análise do impacto da escolaridade sobre a produtividade do trabalho

Abstract

This study verified the existence of the influence of increased education on labor productivity. Was used for this analysis, Brazil numbers during the years 1970 to 2013 taken from the sites The Conference Board Total Economy Database, for productivity performance, and Gapminder to the situation of the middle school. We used the simple linear regression method with two variables and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS). The results showed that the relationship between these two variables is quite significant and there is a positive correlation, the return of schooling for the production increase is quite substantial showing that an increase of one year in education occurs at an average elevation of 70 % in the income of a worker. Thus, it was verified the importance of investment in education to achieve increases in productivity and thus raise the quality of life of the population through a will long-term economic growth.