I. V. Grishina, A. O. Polynev, A. A. Ugryumovab. The Impact of Economic Diversification on Labor Productivity in Russian Regions

https://doi.org/10.15507/2413-1407.129.032.202404.691-711

УДК / UDC 331.101.6:332.1

Аbstract

Introduction. Achieving national goals requires reducing the dependence on commodity exports based on the diversification of the economic structure, which has its own characteristics in regions with different industrial specialization, having a different impact on labor productivity. The purpose of the article is to determine the impact of diversification of the regional sectoral structure on the level and dynamics of labor productivity in the regions.

Materials and Methods. In the first block, the impact of economic diversification on the dynamics of labor productivity and economic activity in the regions was assessed. I. In the second block, the assessment of the impact of the development of regional of types of economic activities of specialization and types of economic activities of the reserve of specialization was carried out by assessing the levels of labor productivity, innovation activity and export orientation of types of economic activities. The structural and sectoral typology of regions was used to form differentiated proposals on regional policy priorities.

Results. The estimates obtained for 2010‒2021 showed the absence of a pronounced rigid relationship between the nature of changes in labor productivity and the level of economic diversification in Russia’s regions: geographically differentiated combinations of them were identified, which determines the need for a selective approach to determining the priorities of state support for regions.

Discussion and Conclusion. The practical implementation of the study should be the clarification of the priorities of the state regional policy to support the effective diversificationof of the economy of the Russian regions based on the accelerated development of their new specialized industries with high levels of innovation activity and export orientation. The prospects of the study are related to the substantiation of specific mechanisms to support the advanced development of a complex of high-tech types of economic activity in the regions.

Keywords: labor productivity, diversification of economics, regional economics, sectoral structure, regional industry specialization

Conflict of interest. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Funding. The article was written within the framework of the research work of RANEPA.

Acknowledgements. The authors express their gratitude to E. V. Nesterkina and A. S. Grishin for their invaluable assistance in collecting and processing data and conducting calculations, as well as to the reviewers for constructive criticism, which made it possible to improve the presentation of the material.

For citation: Grishina I.V., Polynev A.O., Ugryumova A.A. The Impact of Economic Diversification on Labor Productivity in Russian Regions. Russian Journal of Regional Studies. 2024;32(4):691–711. https://doi.org/10.15507/2413-1407.129.032.202404.691-711

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About the authors:

Irina V. Grishina, Dr.Sci. (Econ.), Head of Laboratory at the Institute of Applied Economic Research, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Bldg 1, 82 Vernadskogo Ave., Moscow 119571, Russian Federation); Deputy Chairman of the Council for the Study of Productive Forces, Russian Foreign Trade Academy (6A Vorobyovskoye Highway, Moscow 119285, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-7232, Researcher ID: A-4882-2016, Scopus ID: 57223185074, SPIN-code: 8426-9617, grishinaiv@mail.ru

Andrey O. Polynev, Dr.Sci. (Econ.), Deputy Head of the Department of the Council for the Study of Productive Forces, Russian Foreign Trade Academy (6A Vorobyovskoye Highway, Moscow 119285, Russian Federation); Leading Researcher at the Institute of Applied Economic Research, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Bldg 1, 82 Vernadskogo Ave., Moscow 119571, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4850-2950, Researcher ID: Y-8788-2018, Scopus ID: 57216930931, SPIN-code: 9810-3946, apolynev@yandex.ru

Alexandra A. Ugryumova, Dr.Sci. (Econ.), Professor, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Applied Economic Research, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Bldg 1, 82 Vernadskogo Ave., Moscow 119571, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4549-0117, Researcher ID: AAE-2456-2021, Scopus ID: 57205167801, SPIN-code: 8858-7237, feminaa@mail.ru

Contribution of the authors:

I. V. Grishina – development of the concept of the article; development of research methodology; organization of data preparation and calculations, analysis of results; critical analysis and revision of the text.

A. O. Polynev – analysis of theoretical and empirical literature on the subject of research (review of foreign experience); development of research methodology; calculations, comprehensive assessment, analysis, justification of groupings; preparation of the text of the article, graphic and tabular information.

A. A. Ugryumova – analysis of theoretical and empirical literature on the subject of research (review of domestic experience); development of proposals based on the results of the study; preparation of the text of the article and a list of sources.

Availability of data and materials. The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the authors on reasonable request.

The authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Submitted 26.04.2024; revised 21.08.2024; accepted 30.09.2024.