Causal matrix approach to structural change analysis: an application to Andalusian economy

The goal of this paper is to study the structural change in the Andalusianeconomy during the period 2000-2005 using social accounting matrices.Although there are several methods, the causative matrix approach has been usedto analyze the above mentioned change. The study has been done using a matrixwith 26 productive sectors and three endogenous accounts, labor income, capitalincome and private consumption. The results show that changes vary from one toanother sector and cause of these may be due to influence of own sector, of rest ofthe sectors or of both.