Convergência de renda e desenvolvimento regional no Paraná (1999-2006)

Abstract

The main objective of this study comprises the analysis of the distribution of municipal income per capita in the Paraná state, in the period 1999-2006. Economy that arises as the fifth most expressive of Brazil, is characterized by a reasonable rent for domestic and large regional disparities. This last feature has motivated this study, which sought to verify the occurrence of convergence of per capita income among the municipalities. For this venture, we used the AEDE and spatial econometric model for panel data with fixed effects, estimated by MQO, using the computer program GeoDa. We used four proxies of explanatory variables which: Productive Capital, Human Capital, Natural Capital and the natural logarithm Neperiano of GDP per capita and the dependent variable, the growth rate of GDP per capita municipal. It was evident that some factors potentiate the process of local economic growth, there is the productive capital, that among the variables, played a major positive role. Human Capital already had secondary importance, and Natural Capital, did not appreciably affect growth. The results also showed that spatiality has proved extremely important factor for the Parana s economy, suggesting that the economic performance of a particular locality, in general, is directly influenced by the performance of its neighbors. It should also be noted that even municipalities sharing some common characteristics, idiosyncrasies and potential sites have played key role in the growth rates. In short, the analysis revealed that the disparities in per capita income tended to decrease between the Parana s municipal economies, in a context established, evidenced the occurrence of convergence of per capita income, either absolutely or conditionally, demonstrating that economic development is tending to spread state by geographic areas. However, it is estimated they would need nearly 59 years for the differences in income per capita municipal reached the half-life, which characterizes the need for public politics aimed at reducing these disparities, since the convergence even tending to occur, is quite slow between the municipalities of Paraná.