Especialización sectorial y su efecto sobre la brecha de productividad entre MiPymes y grandes empresas para el caso ecuatoriano en el año 2010

Abstract

Abstract: The business sector represents one of the fundamental axes in a country's economy, in terms of employment generation and productivity, the latter being one of the main causes of the economic differences between Latin America and first world countries. This paper examines the relationship between sectoral specialization and labor productivity of MSMEs and large firms in Ecuador. It also provides evidence of labor productivity and sectoral specialization of firms in the Ecuadorian case. Using data from the National Economic Census (CENEC) for 2010 and the application of the Oaxaca-Blinder econometric model, the results show that there is indeed a significant productivity gap between MSMEs and large firms, which is significantly affected by sectoral specialization, emphasizing that in terms of labor productivity in relation to sectoral specialization, micro, small and medium-sized firms are the ones with the lowest level of productivity.