The spatial distribution of the Brazilian clothing industry

Authors

  • Rudolph F A P Teixeira FCLAR/UNESP
  • Mario Augusto Bertella FCLAR/UNESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v36i2.15258

Keywords:

Clothing industry, exploratory spatial data analysis, industrial clusters

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse the spatial distribution of the Brazilian clothingindustry in 1997 and 2006. In order to achieve this objective, this study usedan exploratory spatial data analysis - ESDA. It was made a univariate analysisof the number of the existing clothing industries among Brazilian states. The nullhypotheses of the spatial dependence absence was rejected and the constructionof cluster maps showed two patterns: a high industrial concentration and a lowone. On the other hand, a bivariate analysis was also conducted to permit a study between the number of clothing industries and the wage income of the neighborregions. The result revealed spatial dependence besides similar cluster maps inboth years. Therefore, two spatial patterns emerged: a high and a low industrialconcentration. The final conclusion is that agglomeration economies are the mainresponsible for the results found in both analyses.

Author Biographies

Rudolph F A P Teixeira, FCLAR/UNESP

Economista pela UFJF, mestrando em Economia pela FCLAR/UNESP e bolsista da CAPES.

Mario Augusto Bertella, FCLAR/UNESP

Professor Doutor do Departamento de Economia da FCLAR/UNESP.

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Teixeira, R. F. A. P., & Bertella, M. A. (2010). The spatial distribution of the Brazilian clothing industry. Revista De Economia, 36(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v36i2.15258

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 2 (2010)

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