Productivity and Energy Intensity in Latin America | IADB
04/21

Productivity and Energy Intensity in Latin America

Productivity and energy intensity

Within an industrial setting, what would ones conjecture be about the relation between Energy Intensity (EI) and productivity? Could higher Energy use be associated to more capital intensive processes, and thus higher output (per worker)? Or Ceteris paribus, are productivity indicators inversely associated with energy intensity? So that more productive firms or industries tend also to be more energy efficient.

Authors
Yépez-García, Ariel; San Vicente Portes, Luis; Guerrero, Santiago