A relevância do setor da construção civil para o crescimento econômico de Laranjeiras do Sul, em relação ao estado do Paraná no período de 2008 a 2013: uma análise matriz insumo-produto

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the relevance of the civil construction sector to the city of Laranjeiras do Sul in relation to the State of Paraná between 2008 and 2013. The methodology used to reach this goal is the input-output matrix of Leontief through which it is possible to obtain the Rasmussen and Hirscmann linkage indices and the product, employment, and income multipliers. The results obtained in the connection indices and in the multipliers showed that civil construction was not a key sector in both periods, neither for the Municipality of Laranjeiras do Sul nor for the State of Paraná, because it did not appear in the first positions among the 21 sectors of the input-output matrix. Beside that, the construction sector showed good results mainly in the multipliers of employment and income production, and in both periods these indicators were above one, showing that any investment in this sector can generate more employment and income product than the value of the initial investment. It was possible to conclude during the exposition of the study that although it does not appear among the key sectors of the analyzed economies, civil construction has its relevance, since it is a sector that has the capacity to absorb low-skilled labor, besides producing infrastructures for the development of other sectors. An important problem identified that contributes to more modest results of the sector in this type of methodology is the informality present in this activity, since the input-output matrix uses only formal values.