Efecto de la especialización productiva en el crecimiento económico de las provincias ecuatorianas, en el periodo 2007 - 2020

Abstract

Abstract: Productive specialization plays a fundamental role in world economies because the pattern of specialization allows a better understanding of the economic environment in which they operate, for Ecuador the primary sector represents 18.74% of GDP, 12, 46% corresponds to industries and 65.6% to the service sector. Since this work aims to determine and analyze the effects caused by the productive specialization of economic sectors on economic growth at the provincial level, during the period 2007-2020. To determine the dynamics of this relationship, an econometric methodology with panel data was used. The results allow us to refute the hypothesis that productive specialization in primary activities contributes negatively to the growth of the 21 Ecuadorian provinces, they show the significance of the primary sector and its high participation in VAB, being the second item with the highest contribution to economic growth, since an economic policy derived from this research is to implement a productive diversification plan that improves the situation of the sectors that show less participation within the VAB.