Educação e desenvolvimento econômico: Os efeitos dos investimentos públicos a partir do IDEB

Abstract

The level of well-being of a population is intrinsically linked to the level of economic development of its country and for these levels to be high, a series of convergences towards this purpose is required. In this sense, investing in a better education is a catalyst attitude to achieve the expected goal, given that its externalities entail several benefits. Thus, it is sought, by means of empirical exploratory research, to expose some of the effects that education can generate to the economic development of a nation. As well as explain the mechanics of the operation of the main metric for evaluating educational development used in Brazil, the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB). And, based on that, to analyze both the results obtained in this index in recent years and its correlation to public investment in education at the primary and secondary levels.