Ensaios sobre gestão municipal, eficiência e desempenho escolar: uma análise para o nordeste brasileiro

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze the influence of municipal management on school performance in municipalities in the Northeast Region of Brazil from 2005 to 2019. The study is presented in two essays. The first essay reconstructs the Municipal Institutional Quality Index (IQIM), initially developed by the Monitor/Boucinhas e Campos Consortium, using data from the Basic Municipal Information Survey (MUNIC) and the Municipal Finance Survey (FINBRA). This reconstruction facilitates a descriptive and classificatory analysis of municipal management quality across these municipalities. The results indicate that the states of Ceará, Bahia, and Pernambuco exhibited the strongest municipal management performance, while Maranhão, Sergipe, and Paraíba showed the weakest. The second essay employs an econometric analysis to explore the relationship between the IQIM and the Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) for municipalities in the northeastern states, using a quantile regression model (Koenker & Hallock, 2000) for the period from 2005 to 2019. The findings suggest a positive correlation between the quality of local administration, as indicated by the IQIM, and the IDEB scores for the final years of education in northeastern municipalities. Additionally, the analysis highlights that states such as Ceará, which have implemented planning and management instruments, achieved superior educational outcomes.