Verner, Dorte2013-06-202013-06-202004-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14083Breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty requires far-reaching actions in the education sector. Widespread poverty affects both students' performance and their availability to attend school. Low-quality education leads to low income, which in turn perpetuates poverty. Furthermore, low levels of education affect growth though low labor productivity. Although Paraiba, Brazil suffers from a history of educational neglect, the state has recently made significant gains in primary enrollment; 93 percent of the children aged 7-14 are enrolled in school. However, 30 percent of the population aged 15 and older are illiterate and, unfortunately, it is not only the older generations that cannot read and write: 15 percent of children aged 10 to 15 are illiterate. However, substantial achievements in education have helped the extremely poor segment of population as much as expected. Probit analyses reveal that education attainment is the single most important poverty-reducing factor. All levels of education from primary to tertiary are significant and negatively associated with the probability of being poor.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGEDAVAILABLE DATAAVERAGE INCOMEBASIC EDUCATIONCENSUS DATACHILD DEVELOPMENTCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCRIMEDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONDEMOGRAPHICSDEPENDENCY RATIODEVELOPMENT POLICIESDISCRIMINATIONECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC DOWNTURNSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC SITUATIONECONOMIES OF SCALEEDUCATED PEOPLEEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENTEQUAL OPPORTUNITIESEXPENDITURESEXTREME POVERTYFAMILIESFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFORMAL LABOR MARKETGINI COEFFICIENTGINI INDEXGROWTH RATEHEADCOUNT POVERTYHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICSHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEHUMAN CAPITALILLITERACYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYINFANT MORTALITYINFLATIONINFORMAL SECTORINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINSTITUTIONAL CHANGEINSURANCEINTEREST RATESLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR SUPPLYLOW INCOMEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSMARKETINGMIGRATIONMINIMUM WAGEMORTALITYNUTRITIONPARENTSPER CAPITA INCOMEPER CAPITA INCOMESPER-CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY CHANGESPOLICY RESEARCHPOOR CHILDRENPOOR PARENTSPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION SIZEPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY PROFILESPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY TRENDSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGYPUBLIC BUDGETPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGQUALITY OF LIFEQUANTITATIVE ANALYSISREDUCING INEQUALITYREDUCING POVERTYREGIONAL DISPARITIESRURAL AREASRURAL POORSAFETYSAFETY NETSAMPLE SIZESAVINGSSCHOOLSSIGNIFICANT EFFECTSKILLSSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL EXCLUSIONSOCIAL INDICATORSSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL SPENDINGSQUARED POVERTY GAPSTATE POLICIESTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGETRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRAININGUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONVIOLENCEVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGESWATER SUPPLYWORKERS EDUCATIONAL LEVELSPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY MITIGATION STRATEGIESINTERGENERATIONAL POVERTYSCHOOL PERFORMANCE IMPAIRMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCELABOR PRODUCTIVITYPRIMARY EDUCATIONEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTILLITERACY RATESILLITERACY REDUCATIONWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3321