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Capital humano, falências empresariais e produtividade. Uma análise empírica das regiões portuguesas

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  • Aurora Amélia Castro Teixeira

    (CEMPRE, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto)

  • Pedro Cosme Costa Vieira

    (Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto)

Abstract

Ao nível microeconómico alguma evidência sugere que a acumulação de capital humano está associada a taxas de falência empresariais mais elevadas. Ao nível macroeconómico, contudo, a maioria dos estudos sugere uma relação positiva entre acumulação de capital humano e a dinâmica da produtividade. No presente artigo tentamos compatibilizar as evidências micro e macro recorrendo ao argumento teórico que traduz a questão schumpeteriana da destruição criativa. Os resultados empíricos, baseados em dados relativos a 28 NUTs e 275 concelhos portugueses entre 1990-1999, sugerem que regiões que apresentam maiores níveis de capital humano são aquelas que, em média, têm maiores níveis de rendimento per capita e taxas de falência de empresas mais elevadas. Tal aponta para importantes implicações de política, nomeadamente, que medidas envolvendo incentivos à escolaridade deveriam ser complementadas por medidas tendo por objectivo facilitar os processos de falência.

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  • Aurora Amélia Castro Teixeira & Pedro Cosme Costa Vieira, 2004. "Capital humano, falências empresariais e produtividade. Uma análise empírica das regiões portuguesas," RPER, Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Regional, issue 7, pages 5-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:apd:rper00:y:2004:i:7:id:133
    DOI: 10.59072/rper.vi7.133
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