Efeito da escolaridade dos pais mediado pelo tipo de escola no desempenho educacional dos alunos no meio urbano e rural brasileiro

Abstract

The study sought to mesuare the indirect effect of parents education on the school performace of children studying in the 3rd year of high school in urban and rural Brazilian public schools, in the subjects of Portuguese Language and Mathematics, through mediation, which is the type of school they attend, whether they are full-time or not. The casual mediation effects method applied to the SAEB 2017 data was used. The results show that parents education level positively and significantly influence students performancde on test scores. This effect is enhanced by full-time schools, especially for students from rural schools and when mothers have completed higher education. The results found allow us to suggest two important paths for better performance, Which are the expansion of the full-time schools and the increse in parents education level, as these characteristcs are important for the good performance of students.