Transporte ferroviário de cargas e atividade econômica: uma análise a partir dos multiplicadores de produção, renda e emprego

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the impacts of rail freight transport on economic activity through the use of production, income and employment multipliers. These were calculated based on the 2010 input-output matrix, published by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) and had as innovation the use of the disaggregated matrix for the freight railway sector. The main results achieved projected that for rail freight transport, the increase of an additional monetary unit requires a multiplier effect of 1.98 for production, creation of 23.81 jobs and growth of 0.36 in income. The analyzes carried out on the multipliers seek to contribute to ongoing discussions and debates on the expansion of the railway network and to guide the formation of public policies.