The reason for this study is to evaluate the potential process of early deindustrialization in Brazil, or, the falling share of manufacturing in the value added at lower levels of per capita income, when compared to those perceived in similar processes in developed countries. To do so, the study has specified a model that incorporates several factors that may have led to the process of reducing the share of manufacturing in the value added in Brazil since the 1980s. It also highlights the influence of the overvalued exchange rate. The data suggests that this correlation is significant.
Exchange rate; Deindustrialization; Imported intermediate inputs; Structural change
