Intensidade tecnológica, diferenciais de produtividade industrial e PIB per capta entre as mesorregiões do sul do Brasil

Abstract

This paper has the objective to identify the role of technology and industrial productivity gains in the process of regional economic growth, through the mesoregions of southern Brazil from 2002 to 2012. For this, the study worked with each of the 23 mesoregions that are in the south region, to start the descriptive method was chosen, using documentary research. Regarding the problem approach, the study is predominantly qualitative. The research used as main data sources the MTE and IBGE. To classify the levels of technological intensity, the IBGE classification was used, which is based on the denomination used by the OECD, but focused on the reality of Brazilian industries, and the identification of the industrial sectors present in each level of technological intensity was used The classification CNAE 1.0, already for the employed population in the industry to the RAIS data base was used. Among the main results of the research, a modification was identified in the industrial park of all mesoregions worked, that is, almost all reduced the amount of industries with low technology and consequently raising the higher technological levels employed in the productive process. In relation to labor productivity, some of the mesoregions presented losses, while in others, showed a slight increase, and the state of Paraná lost most of the labor productivity in industry, while Santa Catarina, which lost the least as the state of Rio Grande do Sul. GDP per capita was the only variable that presented real positive gains over time in all the major regions studied. In general, it has been identified that the higher the level of technological intensity employed in industry, the more it tends to raise both labor productivity and GDP per capita of the mesoregions (Coeteris Paribus), but observing that external factors may also influence in this process.