Abstract
The aim of this paper is to measure the impact of violence on school performance of students in the state of São Paulo in 2007. To this end, we use a multilevel logit model which enables the analysis of hierarchical data. The results show that violence in schools decreased by 0.54% the likelihood of third graders from the school present a satisfactory performance in Mathematics. From this result, it is expected that public policies are implemented in order to reduce violence and increase the probability of state economic development and consequently the country.
Keywords:
Violence; School Performance; Economic Development