The relative importance of total factor productivity and factors of production in income per worker: Evidence from the Brazilian states

Income per worker gap in different regions of Brazil is stunning. To assess the relative importance of factor of production and total factor productivity (TFP) in those income per worker disparities, development accounting exercises were carried out for the 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010 years. In...

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Main Authors: Lízia de Figueiredo, Luciano Nakabashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2016-05-01
Series:EconomiA
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1517758016300339