Barbetta, Pedro Alberto2024-02-212024-02-212015https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14135/938This research is focused on the relationship between the quality of education, the amount invested per student and the standard of living of the population. Therefore, this study will investigate the association between the Development Index of Basic Education (IDEB) and variables such as population size, average monthly per capita income, the Gini Index and the spending per elementary school student. This work differs from the most of others works of factors associated with education by having municipalities as the unit of analysis and not students or schools. The database of this study includes 2,199 municipalities. All have IDEB information from the final years of primary education in all editions of the Prova Brasil: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. The data were analyzed using hierarchical linear models, where the level 1 is the longitudinal data of each municipality and the level 2 the municipalities. Statistical analysis yielded the following results: (i) the annual expenditure per elementary school student has a relatively small effect on the IDEB; (ii) The growth curve of IDEB over time seems to have found a hedge on the results of 2011 and 2013; (iii) there is an inverse relationship between the municipality and the size of the IDEB; (iv) The per capita income is the variable with the greatest positive effect on the IDEB, but this effect is reduced by income distribution found in the city. These results suggest that education should be treated as a policy of the state and not a government policy, because municipal socioeconomic context is associated with educational quality, measured by the IDEB. Achieving the goals set by the National Education Plan (PNE) depends on the improvement of quality of life in cities, which is not the goal of education policy. Improving the quality of education depends on transversal policies in various areas, so that public education policy can be effective.Documento textualporAcesso abertoDesenvolvimento HumanoAdministração da EducaçãoFinanciamento da Educação BásicaÍndice de Desenvolvimento da Educação BásicaDissertação120652