O crescimento econômico dos municípios do aglomerado produtivo de confecções do agreste pernambucano : uma análise dos resultados da atividade de confecções no período de 1991-2010

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe and analyze the economic growth of the cities that are part of the Clothing Cluster in Agreste of Pernambuco, between in 1991-2010. As a basic theoretical support it was used the concepts of the New Economic Geography (Fujita, Krugman and Venables 2002). The analyzes were based on the variables: Population Growth, GDP growth, Total Employment, Average Income Employment, Making up Employment and Average Income of Making Up. The database used was formed from the microdata of the Demographic Census 1991, 2000 and 2010, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE. Only the information about the GDP growth and population were collected directly in IPEADATA site (2014). The results suggest that in the three main cities that make up the core of the ACAP (Caruaru, Santa Cruz and Toritama), there was population and economic and job creation growth. These conditions overpassed to other cities around radiating economic growth in the region, featuring spillover effect.