Uma análise dos determinantes de desempenho em concurso público

The main objective of this paper was to peruse the role of socio-economic characteristics on the chance of success in an aptitude test for admission to a public bank in the Northeast of Brazil. Using a logit model, and a sample of 232,308 candidates, the main results of the model point that family income, type of education, age and residential location of the candidate are the key factors influencing success in the test. The results, therefore, reiterate a vicious circle of income concentration which can be extremely harmful to a poor region as the Northeast of Brazil.