Resumen

CUEVA-RODRIGUEZ, Lucía  y  JACOME-ESTRELLA, Hugo de Jesús. Service sector labor productivity and economic growth in Ecuador. Prob. Des [online]. 2024, vol.55, n.216, pp.113-139.  Epub 21-Jun-2024. ISSN 0301-7036.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2024.216.70085.

This article analyzes the relationship between the services sector and Ecuadorian economic growth using cointegration and causality econometric techniques from 1990-2018. The results indicate that services as a whole, particularly trade and transportation, positively impact economic growth in the long run. However, in the short term, services as a whole have a negative effect, which may be explained by the continuous deterioration of their productivity. Meanwhile, there is a causality effect ranging from trade to economic growth, and from GDP per capita to services as a whole and transportation.

Palabras llave : service sector; labor productivity; economic growth; cointegration; causality; L80; L81; L91; J24; O47; C32; C51; C13.