O processo de desindustrialização na região Sudeste: uma análise das atividades produtivas segundo a intensidade tecnológica

Abstract

This study evaluates de-industrialization process in a regional perspective and technological intensity in the four states of Southeast – Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais e Espirito Santo - using VTI indicators, employment, productivity and productive density (VTI/VBPI). The post-study conclusion shows evidence of a de-industrialization process ongoing and more intense in the Southeast macroregion. These four states had their sectors affected differently but with some similar elements, according on the period considered and technological intensity of activities. In general, the productive structures have advanced in activities with higher technological intensity, except Sao Paulo, whose trajectory is opposite. This brought implications that the structural change of these states are somehow associated with the processes of productive desconcentration of the manufacturing industry.