Specialization, employment and competitive advantage in economic sectors of the Rio Grande do Sul: governments of FHC and Lula

Authors

  • Pascoal José Marion Filho Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Henrique Reichert Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Gabriela Schumacher Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Keywords:

Rio Grande do Sul. Structural-differential method. Employment. Regional dynamics.

Abstract

The study aims to evaluate the evolution of employment and identify the economic sectors of the state of Rio Grande do Sul that have competitive advantage and/or specialization
in the governments of FHC and Lula. In the analysis, is used the structural-differential method and data from RAIS. It follows that employment increased most in the government Lula than government FHC, in Brazil and in Rio Grande do Sul, and the growth rate of state was lower than in the two national governments. Besides, of 25 sectors analyzed the region showed competitive advantage in 13 of them in government FHC and 4 in government Lula, which indicates that internal factors were not the main determinant of regional performance. The specialization was also higher at the end of the first government (13) when compared to the second (12). The State, for having a dynamic sector weaker than the national, even with growth, had 9 dynamic sectors
(with specialization and competitive vantage) at the end of government FHC and 3 at the end of government Lula, being the industry of transport equipment and the industry of wood and of furniture the main highlights.

Author Biographies

Pascoal José Marion Filho, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Poutor em Economia Aplicada pela ESALQ/USP. Professor Associado do Departamento de Ciências Econômicas da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria.

Henrique Reichert, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Aluno do curso de graduação em Ciências Econômicas da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM).

Gabriela Schumacher, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Mestranda em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)

Published

2011-10-04

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