School Drop-out and Push-out Factors in Brazil : The Role of Early Parenthood, Child Labor, and Poverty

This paper aims to identify the major drop-out and push-out factors that lead to school abandonment in an urban surrounding-the shantytowns of Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil. The authors use an extensive survey addressing risk factors faced by the pop...

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Main Authors: Rute Cardoso, Ana, Verner, Dorte
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7475050/school-drop-out-push-out-factors-brazil-role-early-parenthood-child-labor-poverty
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7228