Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: ELLITAMARA ALVES DE OLIVEIRA MELO

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STUDENT : ELLITAMARA ALVES DE OLIVEIRA MELO
DATE: 30/07/2025
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: B6, setor V
TITLE:

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL: A REGIONAL/LOCAL APPROACH USING THE DIFF-IN-DIFF METHOD

KEY WORDS:

Renewable energy. Northeast Brazil. Regional/local development. Diff-in-Diff.

PAGES: 50
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Economia
SUBÁREA: Economia Regional e Urbana
SUMMARY:

This study aims to analyze the adoption of renewable energy in the Brazilian Northeast and its implications for regional/local development using the Diff-in-Diff method, with multiple periods. The database includes panel data for the period 2002 to 2021, sourced from RAIS, IBGE, ANEEL, MapBiomas, and PNAD. Initial results show that the effects on deforestation are heterogeneous, varying across the territories where the projects were implemented, but with some evidence of increased deforestation during periods of boom in renewable energy adoption. On the other hand, the impacts on employment vary according to the sector analyzed, being more consistent in the construction and services sectors, albeit with temporal variations. Regarding social impacts, negative effects can be identified in the subspaces where these projects are located. The results also corroborate the initial hypothesis of this work that such impacts have distinct intensities and characteristics in the three periods of expansion of renewable energy over more than two decades of project development in the Brazilian Northeast, reflecting the contribution of this study to the debate about the energy transition in the context of regional specificities and territorial impacts.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interno - 1957532 - JOAO PAULO MARTINS GUEDES
Presidente - 2344954 - LUZIENE DANTAS DE MACEDO
Interno - 1205069 - WILLIAM EUFRASIO NUNES PEREIRA