OCEAN ECONOMY: AN APPROACH IN TERMS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE
Ocean economy; structural change; productivity
The oceans cover most of the land’s surface and are important generators of income, employment and innovation. Several countries have already recognized the importance of the sea for their economies and have started a process of measuring their resources and activities, a process that is not homogeneous or standardized among nations. Since Brazil is a continental country with an extensive coastline, in addition to the country’s own development process that began in coastal regions, it is natural that the ocean plays an important role in the country’s productive structure.
Based on the classification used by the European Union, which divides the sea sectors between established and emerging by the degree of market maturity and on IBGE’s National Classification of Economic Activities (CNAE), this paper aims to analyze the relationship between sectors of the sea with the economy in it’s entirety through the input-output matrix method. Through a structural analysis of the economy, it is possible to extract indications of the degree of linkage between the sectors and thus design economic development policies that are based on and aim at structural change in favor of a development of national industry that can raise labor productivity and generate income and more qualified Jobs.