A expansão das tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC) e o desempenho educacional de crianças e adolescentes no Brasil: uma análise do programa cidades digitais

Abstract

The following study is meant to investigate the effects generated by the Digital City Program on the educational results achieved by children and teenagers living in citys contemplated by the program. In order to achieve such result the study explores the usage of the staggered adoption to estimate the impact in the following proficiencys, Portuguese and Maths featured in a exam called “Prova Brasil”, for this prediction to occur a few variations of the diff-in-diff method where applied, you can also call them event study. As a result of the main estimative, we can conclude that there is a performance drop in both proficiencys when it comes to students currently enrolled in the fifth grade. However, when you remove the 2013 group away from the regression the result is not maintened. After applying a series of variations related to the level of investigation (from the individual to the city) and the control group, not a single result stands out. The variations have nule effects and/or significance to the 2013 group case.