Evidence on the Determinants of Productivity in Brazil, 2004-2014

In Brazil, productivity has been underperforming since the 1980s. Thus, considering its importance for economic growth, it is important to verify ways to stimulate its performance. Therefore, this study aims to verify how some determinants influenced the productivity, being used the methodology of s...

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Published inRevista brasileira de economia Vol. 74; no. 2; p. 197
Main Authors Souza, Thais Andreia Araujo de, Cunha, Marina Silva da
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Rio de Janeiro Fundação Getulio Vargas 2020
Subjects
Economic growth
Infrastructure
Productivity
Brazil
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Summary:In Brazil, productivity has been underperforming since the 1980s. Thus, considering its importance for economic growth, it is important to verify ways to stimulate its performance. Therefore, this study aims to verify how some determinants influenced the productivity, being used the methodology of structural autoregressive vectors. It was verified that effects of the improvements in the determinants would only occur in a longer time horizon, also that the infrastructure had a greater effect on productivity, both in the short and the long run. Therefore, improvements in terms of infrastructure have a greater effect on productivity, and consequently on economic growth.
ISSN:0034-7140
1806-9134
DOI:10.5935/0034-7140.20200011