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Table 1

Descriptive statistics of variables

Acronym	Description	Source	Expected signal	Max.	Min.	Mean	Standard deviation
ln(y)	Economic growth – natural logarithm of GDP per capita deflated by the implicit GDP deflator	IBGE	Endogenous	12.3960	7.8607	9.5785	0.6768
ln(H)	Quantity of human capital – natural logarithm of the years of study of the population over twenty-five years old	RAIS	+	1.7888	−1.9080	0.2153	0.5762
ln(Q)	Quality of human capital – natural logarithm	Factor Analysis (Figure 1)	+	0.6931	0.0000	0.4474	0.1150
ln(K)	Physical capital – natural logarithm of the amount of trucks and tractors for every hundred inhabitants	DENATRAN	+	1.7559	−4.5611	0.1244	0.9255
ln( $D$ )	Natural logarithm of the sum of capital depreciation rates, progress technology and population growth	ANATEL	–	2.5651	−1.8007	0.2217	0.2438
ln( $D$ )		IBGE	–	2.5651	−1.8007	0.2217	0.2438

Acronym	Description	Source	Expected signal	Max.	Min.	Mean	Standard deviation
ln(y)	Economic growth – natural logarithm of GDP per capita deflated by the implicit GDP deflator	IBGE	Endogenous	12.3960	7.8607	9.5785	0.6768
ln(H)	Quantity of human capital – natural logarithm of the years of study of the population over twenty-five years old	RAIS	+	1.7888	−1.9080	0.2153	0.5762
ln(Q)	Quality of human capital – natural logarithm	Factor Analysis (Figure 1)	+	0.6931	0.0000	0.4474	0.1150
ln(K)	Physical capital – natural logarithm of the amount of trucks and tractors for every hundred inhabitants	DENATRAN	+	1.7559	−4.5611	0.1244	0.9255
ln( $D$ )	Natural logarithm of the sum of capital depreciation rates, progress technology and population growth	ANATEL	–	2.5651	−1.8007	0.2217	0.2438
ln( $D$ )		IBGE	–	2.5651	−1.8007	0.2217	0.2438

Note(s): $D = n + g + δ$

Source(s): Prepared by the authors