Estructuras productivas y desarrollo: el caso de la economía chilena || Productive Structures and Development: The Case of the Chilean Economy

Esta investigaci—n se inicia con las siguientes interrogantes: existe consistencia entre la identificaci—n de desarrollo y la estructura econ—mica que se posee?; existen parecidos entre econom’as identificadas con distintos niveles de desarrollo?; y existen econom’as no desarrolladas con la estructura de una que lo es? Para responder a ellas, se revisan las similitudes de tablas input-output obtenidas desde la OCDE (Mid90, Early00 y Mid00), para posteriormente tomar como caso de estudio a la econom’a chilena. Las similitudes y cambios se indagan, utilizando un índice de similitud estructural y, comparando sus encadenamientos, se establecen las relaciones que se forman en el proceso de desarrollo. Los resultados revelan que: los indicadores tradicionales son s—lo referentes y no categ—ricos en sus identificaciones de desarrollo; las econom’as muestran importantes parecidos según su nivel de desarrollo; y existen similitudes estructurales entre econom’as desarrolladas y la chilena. || This research begins with the following questions: Is there consistency between the identification of development and the economic structure that is possessed?; are there similarities among economies identified with differences in their levels of development?; and, are there non-developed economies with the same structure as that of developed economies? To answer these questions, similarities of input-output tables obtained from OECD (Mid90, Early00 and Mid00) are reviewed and then, a case study is performed on the Chilean economy. The similarities and changes are investigated by using a structural similarity index, and then by comparing correlations. The results show that: Traditional indicators can only be used as references and are non-categorical in their identification of development; the economies show significant similarities according to their level of development; and there exists significant structural similarities between developed economies and the economy of Chile.