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Abstract
Starting from the perception of the Brazilian food industry (IAA) importance
as a job generator, this work analyses the variations of the number of employees in this
sector from 1996 to 2012. By applying the shift share analysis (SSA), it was possible to
verify which effects are responsible for the changing number of employees. The effects used
in this paper were provided by the most complete and modern versions of the SSA, and
the national, structural market competitive and specialized competitive effects, as well as
homothetic decomposition and residual of each one. This paper took into consideration
Southern and Southeastern regions of Brazil, except Espírito Santo. The database was also
segmented, covering sectors that compose the IAA. The results indicate that the number
of employees at IAA fluctuated because of the national effect, in other words, followed the Starting from the perception of the Brazilian food industry (IAA) importance
as a job generator, this work analyses the variations of the number of employees in this
sector from 1996 to 2012. By applying the shift share analysis (SSA), it was possible to
verify which effects are responsible for the changing number of employees. The effects used
in this paper were provided by the most complete and modern versions of the SSA, and
the national, structural market competitive and specialized competitive effects, as well as
homothetic decomposition and residual of each one. This paper took into consideration
Southern and Southeastern regions of Brazil, except Espírito Santo. The database was also
segmented, covering sectors that compose the IAA. The results indicate that the number
of employees at IAA fluctuated because of the national effect, in other words, followed the national industry’s flow without presenting any other differential in its structure or competitive strategy, which
could be identified in the current analysis.