Employment dynamics in the Brazilian tourism sector (2006–2015)

Luiz Carlos De Santana Ribeiro, Thiago Henrique Carneiro Rios Lopes, Rosa Lívia Gonçalves Montenegro and José Roberto De Lima Andrade
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Luiz Carlos De Santana Ribeiro: Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil
Thiago Henrique Carneiro Rios Lopes: UNIFACS, Brazil
Rosa Lívia Gonçalves Montenegro: Federal University of São João del Rey, Brazil
José Roberto De Lima Andrade: Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil

Tourism Economics, 2018, vol. 24, issue 4, 418-433

Abstract: Tourism is recognized as an activity with great potential for Brazil, not only because of its diverse tourist attractions but also because of the generation of economic dynamics and its capacity to absorb labour. This article investigates the influence of specialization, urbanization and diversification externalities on the tourism employment growth rate in Brazilian municipalities between 2006 and 2015. To this end, we apply Local Indicators of Spatial Association and spatial econometric models. Both techniques enable the visualization of a spatial and temporal overview of the convergence process in tourism employment in Brazil. The main results suggest that the externalities of specialization, urbanization and diversification positively affect the employment growth rate in the tourism sector. Nevertheless, the employment growth rate for tourism in neighbouring municipalities reduces local employment in the same sector, which we interpret as arising from a competitive effect.

Keywords: Brazilian municipalities; employment; spatial econometrics; specialization externalities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/1354816617736409

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