Brazilian Academic Research Highlights Racism, Emotional Health, Literacy, and Education
Recent scholarly works from Brazil examine a range of social issues. One study investigates institutional racism in the labour market, finding persistent disparities in hiring and leadership positions for Black workers and urging companies to adopt diversity and inclusion policies.
A separate research team validated the 34‑item Emotional Complexity Scale for Hospitalized Patients (ECEPH), demonstrating satisfactory content validity and offering a new tool for assessing patients' psychological stress in clinical settings.
An article on childhood literacy proposes four engaging books to attract children who dislike reading, referencing national data that 53% of Brazilians are non‑readers and emphasizing shared reading, humor, and tailored content as strategies to boost interest.
Finally, a doctoral thesis presents two essays on education economics: the first uses a regression‑discontinuity design to show that affirmative‑action students placed at the bottom of a high‑ability cohort experience lower academic outcomes; the second employs propensity‑score matching to assess the negative impact of bullying on primary‑school achievement in Recife.