Impacto do capital humano no crescimento regional: um estudo sobre os municípios do sudeste brasileiro

Abstract

This research analyze the effect of the education, associated to human capital, on the per capita income growth of the municipalities of the southeastern region of Brazil, from 2000 to 2010. We sought to improve the economics’ growth understanding, especially related to the effects of education. In order to get efficient and unbiased results, spatial dependence and heterogeneity were incorporated into the models estimated using the techniques proposed by spatial econometrics. The results reveal that ignoring spatial effects would generate overestimated effects of education on economic growth. In addition, models with spatial regimes indicate that the total impact of education would be more likely to be high in regions with high fixed capital stock, belonging to the São Paulo State, with a population with less than five thousand or more than one million inhabitants and that show above-average economic growth. The worst results would be found in those regions belonging to the Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro States, which are exporters, with a population between five thousand and one million inhabitants, with a substantial level of rainfall and high inequality of income.