Employment generation and structural decompositon effects of the sugar and alcohol industries in Brazil

This study analyzed the generation of employment in Sugar and Alcohol Industries as well as the Structural Decomposition of the employment variation between years 2000 and 2009, from Input-Output Matrices. It was found that the Sugar and Alcohol Industries reduced the generation of employment between years 2000 and 2009. However, these industries generated significant employments as a result of the Structural Decomposition, mainly because the economy growth that occurred during this period.