Ensaios sobre Bioeconomia no Brasil

Abstract

Bioeconomy is a sector with considerable innovation potential due to its applications across a wide range of scientific fields: biology, agronomy, ecology, food sciences, social sciences, and biotechnology. The sector also encompasses various industrial and technological possibilities, including nanotechnology, biotechnology, communication and information technologies, and engineering. Bioeconomy focuses on the value generated by business activities stemming from the innovative and sustainable use of biological resources. This field is seen as a key element in addressing the challenges posed by the changing ways in which human needs are met. Brazilian bioeconomy requires greater legal, administrative, and organizational engagement in order to reach the level of countries that have already consolidated many of their systems, thereby facilitating the transition toward a more economically viable and sustainable economy. This study aims to analyze the impact of entry into the bioeconomy on internal mobility patterns among workers in biofuel production compared to other sectors. Using data from the 2010 Demographic Census, the study proposes to test the hypothesis of greater dynamism in the green sector through a combination of the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method and entropy balancing. In a second stage, using RAIS data, it aims to analyze the effects on wages resulting from sectoral migration, as well as the direct impact of entry into the biofuel sector.