O Efeito da Expansão dos Institutos e das Universidades Federais sobre as Oportunidades do Mercado de Trabalho

Abstract

This study evaluates the impact of the expansion of both Institutes and Federal Universities on the opportunities of the labor market, specifically, employment to population rate, labor formalization, and entrepreneurship measures. Data are obtained from 2000 and 2010 population census, as well as the Integrated Monitoring, Implementation and Control of the Ministry of Education (SIMEC) to assemble a panel of municipalities. The methodology is the differences in differences estimator with fixed municipality effect, and contains an econometric specification that may capture the presence of synergy between the two educational institutions. The results indicate that the expansion of federal education affected positively employment to population rate and job formalization. In addition, there is some evidence of synergy between expansion of Institutes and Federal Universities.