Abstract

SANCHEZ GOMEZ, Manuel Esteban. Identification of industries with potential in employment generation through the estimation of production chains and employment-output elasticities. Economía y Sociedad [online]. 2021, vol.26, n.59, pp.1-33. ISSN 2215-3403.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15359/eys.26-59.1.

This paper presents indexes of production chains and employment-output elasticities for the Costa Rican economy with data from the Input Output Table of 2012. The estimation of the indexes follows the methodology by Chenery and Watanabe (1958), while elasticity coefficients were calculated following Valadkhani (2003). As a result, the industries with higher linkages are livestock farming, agricultural support services, storage services, construction, financial activities and telecommunications. Meanwhile, the industries with highest employment output elasticities are retail trade, education, and construction. Regarding the fiscal regime, it is noted that companies in free trade zones tend to be more inelastic in terms of their contribution to total employment when their demand increases.

Keywords : Input-Output tables; economic Growth; special regimes.

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