The deindustrialization phenomenum in Brazil and Argentina: a comparative analysis

Authors

  • Luana Naves Ferreira Silva Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (Ufu). Uberlândia – MG – Brasil
  • Lívia Carolina Machado Melo FEA - RP /USPUniversidade de São Paulo (Usp). Ribeirão Preto – SP – Brasil
  • Leandro Vieira Lima Araújo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Ufrgs). Porto Alegre – RS

Keywords:

Deindustrialization, Economic growth, Industrial sector,

Abstract

This current essay investigates the deindustrialization phenomenon for Argentina and Brazil, due to the similarities between them. The first procedure used for this effort was a historical survey of Argentine and Brazilian industrialization processes, used to verify the economic and industrial situation of recent years in order to identify the causes of deindustrialization. The additional method is an empirical attempt to evaluate two usual indicators for this topic: the participation of the manufacturing industry in GDP growth and the participation of the manufacturing industry in total employment. The analysis reveals evidences of deindustrialization both for the Brazilian and Argentine economies. Therefore, the results emphasized the importance of a more active stance of the Brazilian and Argentinean State, in order to encourage more actively the industrial sector, either directly or indirectly, through a more coherent and stable macroeconomic policy.

Author Biographies

Luana Naves Ferreira Silva, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (Ufu). Uberlândia – MG – Brasil

Mestranda em Economia. UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculdade de Ciências e Letras – Pós - graduação em Economia. Araraquara – SP – Brasil. 14800-901 - luana_nfs@hotmail.com

Lívia Carolina Machado Melo, FEA - RP /USPUniversidade de São Paulo (Usp). Ribeirão Preto – SP – Brasil

Doutoranda em Economia. FEA - RP /USP - Universidade de São Paulo - Pós - graduação em Economia. Ribeirão Preto - SP - Brasil.  14040-905 - liviacmmelo@gmail.com

Leandro Vieira Lima Araújo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Ufrgs). Porto Alegre – RS

Doutorando em Economia. UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Pós - graduação em Economia. Rio Grande do Sul - RS - Brasil.  90040-000- leanvla@hotmail.com

Published

03/08/2018

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