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Employment, technical change and growth in Brazil: a conclusion from Input-Output Matrix

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  • Rafael de Acypreste

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The debate on technological unemployment is accentuated when disruptiveinnovations gain eminence, as is the recent case of artificial intelligence. However, suchanalyses often ignore economic growth and aggregate demand in the treatment ofunemployment. This article analyses what has been happening about the jobs in Brazil fromthe structural decomposition of the Input-Output Matrix. What we find is that, except foragriculture, sectors were job generators from 2000 to 2015. In addition, demand gains wereable to compensate for job losses resulting from technological progress. JEL Classification: J21; J23; C67; O33.

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  • Rafael de Acypreste, 2022. "Employment, technical change and growth in Brazil: a conclusion from Input-Output Matrix," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 42(2), pages 460-480.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:42:y:2022:i:2:p:460-480:id:2333
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    Keywords

    Input-Output Matrix; structural change; technological unemployment; demand growth;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • C67 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Input-Output Models
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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