Produtividade e progresso tecnológico das regiões e estados brasileiros

Abstract

This work constructs and analyzes an index of total productivity for he states and regions of the Brazil in the period between 1986 and 1985. The used index of productivity is of Malmquist index whose its components are determined using the theory of the function of random production. The advantage of its use is that it allows decompose the index of total productivity in more two indices: in one of variation of the efficiency technique and in another of the technological variation. Additionally, it is intended to verify if there is convergence in productivity among the units of the federation. Evidences for the majority of the Brazilian states are presented that their earns of productivity had been more explained by technological variation than efficiency variation technique. The productivity levels were calculates in the begin and in the end of the sample period, and arrives the conclusion that the dispersion of the productivity levels had increased among the states and regions and also among the pertaining states the same region. In this sense, seems to have evidences that show that the states and regions are diverging in productivity.