MUDANÇAS NA ESPACIALIDADE DA ESTRUTURA PRODUTIVA DO CEARÁ: UM ESTUDO DE SUAS MICRORREGIÕES NOS ANOS DE 2007 E 2017.

This study aims to estimate a Ceará Productive Structure Index (IEPC) and identify the main factors that explain the characteristics of the state's productive structure. Methodologically, the multivariate statistical technique of factor analysis was used, by the principal component method. The data are of secondary origin from RAIS, IBGE and MDIC, for the years 2007 and 2017. It was found important modifications in productive structure, observering an enlargement from one to four in the number of micro-regions with a high degree of economic growth in the period, namely: Fortaleza, Litoral de Camocim and Acaraú, Sobral and Cariri. The IEPC identified that there was a process of interiorization and growth of the productive structures of the micro-regions, although disparities still exist between the interior and the coastal of the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]