Impacto dos investimentos públicos na economia gaúcha

Abstract

This paper analyses the impact of state public investments on income and employment in Rio Grande do Sul. The methodology used to project such impact is based on the input-output model and the simulations take into account the investments programmed in the Budget Proposal 2009 for Secretaries, Organizations and State Enterprises. As result, the potential impact on GDP is 1.12% and 1.43% on employment. However, this policy has important distributive effects since most of employment is generated for the low-income population.