Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/316171 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 3109
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
In many occupations, having mathematical skills is considered a necessary condition for workers to perform adequately. For the high proportion of low-skilled workers in Brazil, this condition may constitute a barrier to access better jobs and undermine their performance in the labor market. This paper aims to analyze how the importance attached to mathematical skills or the ability to work with numbers is related to labor earnings, and how schooling can influence this process. The results indicate that occupations that are more closely related to mathematics usually offer higher salaries, and that a higher level of education seems not only to facilitate access to this type of occupation, but also to contribute to greater earnings differential relative to less schooled workers when compared to occupations that do not value these same skills.
Subjects: 
Mathematics
occupation
schooling
labor earnings
JEL: 
I26
J24
J31
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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