Are manufacturing industry spatially concentrated? An empirical test for Brazil (2002-2014)

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Abstract

The article presents new evidence of industrial concentration in Brazil for the period from 2002 to 2014. Based on Ellison and Glaeser (1994, 1997) and using the microdata of the RAIS-ME establishments, it is
verifi ed which manufacturing industries are concentrated through two statistical tests. The analysis is disaggregated by sector, and the dynamics of the concentration indicator is explored. The results indicated that industries are more concentrated than they would be if the firms’ locational choices were random. And that most industries tended to deconcentrate or the EGI was relatively stable, with the exception of the industry Equipment/Electronic Material, intensive in technology. However, a traditional labor-intensive
“Leather Industry” was among the first placed in the EGI ranking, indicating that the labor pooling is an important agglomeration economy to the industry.


Keywords: geography concentration, industry, Ellison-Glaeser Index, localization test.

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Roberta Moraes Rocha, Federal University of Pernambuco, Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Roberta Rocha

Curso de Ciências Econômicas  Professora Adjunta da UFPE/CAA Professora do PPGECON-UFPE/CAA Professora do PPGGES-UFPE

Jose Ewerton Araujo da Silva, Federal University of Pernambuco, Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Gradução de Economia da UFPE-CAMPUS AGRESTE (CAA)

Edilberto Thiago de Almeida, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Gradução de Economia da UFPE-CAMPUS AGRESTE (CAA)

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Gradução de Economia da UFPE (PIMES)

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2019-12-31

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ROCHA, R. M.; SILVA, J. E. A. da; ALMEIDA, E. T. de. Are manufacturing industry spatially concentrated? An empirical test for Brazil (2002-2014). Nova Economia, [S. l.], v. 29, n. 3, p. 817–849, 2019. Disponível em: https://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/article/view/4432. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 29 No. 3 (2019)

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