Níveis do valor adicionado per capita da indústria manufatureira em países industrializados e recém-industrializados

Abstract

This paper focuses on the manufacturing sector of specific economies to examine their relative per capita output levels. Technological change is used to explain different Manufacturing Value Added per capita levels between countries and the "Manufacturing as the Engine of Growth" hypothesis is assessed. The evidence indicates significant correlation between manufacturing growth and the Gross Domestic Product growth of nations. This paper assumed that the general indicators of technological change are both the inputs of the whole economy and of the manufacturing sector. The results produce empirical evidence of the importance of technological change to the manufacturing output per capita levels of nations.