*SMALL business, *BUSINESS size, *ENTREPRENEURSHIP, *HUMAN capital, *ECONOMIC development
Abstract
The article presents a study which examined the relationship between the medium and small enterprise (SME) sector and the economic growth in Brazil. The researchers investigated the significance of the size of the SME sector by the share of the level of human capital and SME employment measured by the mean years of schooling in the enterprises. They also assessed how employment and human capital influence the growth of the sector in the micro-regions of the country.