Sectoral proximity in manufacturing: an empirical application of cognitive and technological skills

Milene Simone Tessarin () and Paulo Cesar Morceiro, Andre Luis Squarize Chagas, Joaquim Jose Martins Guilhoto
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Joaquim Jose Martins Guilhoto, Paulo César Morceiro () and André Luis Squarize Chagas

No 2019_15, Working Papers, Department of Economics from University of São Paulo (FEA-USP)

Abstract: This study proposes analyze the proximity in productive and technological terms between manufacturing sectors offering a new measure of cognitive proximity. There are three innovative contributions: an unprecedented production matrix created with information on multiproduct plants; a new index that captures productive and technological skills related to worker’s occupation; and methods of spatial econometrics were used in an innovative way to evaluate the proximity between productive sectors. Was used unpublished information from a special tabulation of PIA Empresa/IBGE, and RAIS. Statistical analyzes confirmed the existence of proximity between manufacturing sectors verified through the productive and technological skills of worker’s occupations. The neighborhood network was more dense among sectors that have occupations with the same skills and also between sectors of the same technological level. Sectoral spillovers were found on the neighborhood in the form of positive marginal effects on productivity and investment.

Keywords: Sectoral proximity; productive and technological base; worker’s skills (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 J31 L23 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-04-22, Revised 2019-05-07
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