Inter- and Intra-Regional Disparities in Russia: Factors of Uneven Economic Growth

Timiryanova, Venera; Krasnoselskaya, Dina; Лакман, И. А.; Popov, Denis

doi:10.3390/su132413754

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“…In addition, many authors argue that the presence of spatial dependence can lead to model mis-specification (Anselin, 2009;Arbia, 2006;Celbis & de Crombrugghe, 2018;Pfaffermayr, 2012;Piras & Arbia, 2007;Rey & Janikas, 2005;Timiryanova et al, 2021). This is supposedly based on omitted variables that relate to the connectivity of neighbouring regions as a reason for spatial correlation or dependence in the error terms of regional econometric models.…”

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The Effect of Human Capital on Economic Growth: Evidence from Kazakh Regions

Turganbayev¹

2023

EoR

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The importance of human capital for economic growth is now widely recognised and has been studied extensively. However, the influence of human capital on economic growth of Kazakhstan has not yet been studied fully enough. In particular, to the best of the knowledge, there are no studies that use various approximations of human capital and utilise both direct and indirect approaches. Using educational and health indicators, this paper tests empirically how human capital influences economic growth of Kazakh regions over the period 1994-2019 both as a production function and through total factor productivity (TFP). The analysis revealed that human capital is insignificant as a production factor but has significant indirect effect on the TFP growth rate. The latter is realised through the ability to imitate and introduce new technologies from outside rather than through the domestic innovation. The scientific novelty of this research is as follows. Firstly, it uses both educational and health approximations of human capital. Secondly, it studies how human capital influences economic growth of the Kazakh regions both directly as a production factor and indirectly through TFP. Thirdly, it checks for the presence of spatial dependence in data across Kazakhstan regions. Fourthly, it constructs average years of schooling data across the regions of the country. The results of the study are important for designing policies to increase economic growth of the country and its regions. As a further development of this work, it seems interesting to use other approximations of human capital.

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The Effect of Human Capital on Economic Growth: Evidence from Kazakh Regions

Turganbayev¹

2023

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“…Due to interregional and intraregional imbalances, issues related to regional policies are constantly on the agenda among stakeholders and politicians. The reason for this is that regional disparities are increasingly deepening and growing, which provokes researchers to focus research on the adequacy of applied strategies (Gezici, F. and Hewings, G., 2004;Monastiriotis, V., 2008;Totev, S., 2011;Timiryanova, V. et al, 2021). After the integration of Bulgaria into the EU in 2007 and the accompanying socio-economic challenges, approaches to regional politics have changed.…”

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Impact of Local Factors for Changes on Labor and Farm Number in Bulgaria

2024

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of local factors for changes in labor force and farm number in Bulgaria based on the last two censuses conducted in the years 2010 and 2020. The local factors are considered those conditions and prepositions apart from the national and regional causes driving the development and tendencies in the farm structure. The local level in this study is municipality territory, which is adopted as an unit for defining rural and not-rural areas. The evolution of labor worked in Bulgarian agriculture and the number of farms is steadily declining between both censuses, which is a general finding, where is interesting to identify the local differences and particularities. For the sake to analyze the local specifics, the Territorial Shift Share Analysis (TSSA) is applied. The TSSA is an analytical tool built on the basis of Shift Share Analysis (SSA), designed to determine the contribution of local determinants to the changes in the number of agricultural farms and labor force having in mind and estimating the changes driven by national and regional causes. The results show that about 72% of the observed changes ascertained as a decrease in farms in the country can be prescribed to macroeconomic, national influencing causes, about 19% has more regional roots and only about 9% of the decrease in the number of farms can be connected to local characteristics and factors. In the case of the labor force, the structure of the factor influence is similar, as around 69% of the total change in the labor force can be pertained to macroeconomic reasons, 21% can be traced to regional conditions and 10% to local circumstances. This structure is very similar and shows that local factors also contribute to the reduction in the number of farms and the labor force in the Bulgarian agriculture, which means that there is almost no local initiative for complement support of this production. The regional factors also have a certain impact, even though more limited than the macroeconomic and national environment, as it is deemed that as much as the regions differ from each other, the greater is the weight and impact of the regional level to the estimated changes. Keywords: agriculture, changes, labor, farms, Bulgaria JEL: J01; Q1; R11

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Analysis of Main Characteristics and Utilization of Agricultural Land in Serbia and Bulgaria

2024

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Land is the most important resource for the sustainable development of agriculture. Optimal use of land for the production of a sufficient amount of food, while simultaneously preserving biodiversity and its quality, is very important within the policy of preserving resources for future generations. Safety in food production represent one of the most important goals of sustainable development consist in actual the 2030 Agenda. We face numerous problems related to land. Degradation due to excessive use of modern agrotechnical means in food production, deforestation, erosion, excessive urbanization, floods are just some of the most common problems in land policy. An important problem is the abandonment of land use for agricultural production and its underutilization. Serbia and Bulgaria have significant areas of agricultural land. The subject of research in this paper is the share of agricultural and arable land in the total land area in Serbia and Bulgaria. The focus of the analysis is the average size of farm land, the percentage of irrigated land, and the production structure on farms, as well as the contribution of agriculture to the realization of added value in the creation of GDP. Agriculture and the food industry play a significant role in creating GDP, employment and exports and reducing the foreign deficit. Bearing in mind that the Republic of Serbia is in the process of joining the European Union, it is necessary to reform the agricultural policy and adapt it to the Common Agricultural Policy. This is one of the most important and demanding reforms in the integration policy process. The entire European model of agricultural development is based on the concept of sustainable development. Agricultural land policy in this process is of great importance and the experiences of EU member countries are important. The results of the research should indicate different experiences and recommendations that can be useful in agricultural land management policy. Land policy measures are aimed at creating optimal conditions for agricultural production while achieving the goals of all dimensions of sustainable development. Strategic approach in land management policy in Bulgaria provides guidelines and an example of good practice for taking measures and activities in the direction of its improvement in the Republic of Serbia. These results are also the basis for examining the causes of insufficient utilization of available natural resources and the balanced development that ensures the production of sufficient quantities of food and the preservation of the environment. Keywords: agricultural land, arable land, sustainable development JEL codes: Q15, Q18, Q24

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Inter- and Intra-Regional Disparities in Russia: Factors of Uneven Economic Growth

Cited by 3 publications

References 62 publications

The Effect of Human Capital on Economic Growth: Evidence from Kazakh Regions

The Effect of Human Capital on Economic Growth: Evidence from Kazakh Regions

Impact of Local Factors for Changes on Labor and Farm Number in Bulgaria

Analysis of Main Characteristics and Utilization of Agricultural Land in Serbia and Bulgaria

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