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| Title of the article | Labor Productivity of Economic Sectors in the Regions: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies |
| Pages | 69-96 |
| Author 1 |
Sophia Raisovna Khalimova Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Senior Researcher Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering SB RAS 17 Ac. Lavrentiev Av., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation Associate Professor Novosibirsk State University 1 Pirogova Str., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-5732-5741 |
| Author 2 |
Anastasiya Igorevna Ivanova Junior Researcher Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering SB RAS 17 Ac. Lavrentiev Av., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation Associate Novosibirsk State University 1 Pirogova Str., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0001-8969-988X |
| Abstract | The attention of this article is focused on the impact that expanding of the usage of information and communication technologies (ICT) has on the economic development of Russian regions. As shown by various authors, the use of ICT ultimately leads to an increase in the factor productivity. Here, we assess to what extent the use of ICT contributes to the growth of economic development efficiency at the regional level, which is interpreted here as labor productivity in certain economic sectors, and measured as output per worker. Panel data analysis for Russian regions covers 2015–2018. The analysis shows that the spread of ICT has a positive effect on labor productivity in both mining and manufacturing, with dividing regions into two groups – ‘resource’ and ‘non-resource’ depending on role of the extractive industry in regional economy – when considering labor productivity in mining. It was found that there is a relationship between ICT development indicators and labor productivity, with significant factors being industry and regionally specific. The widespread adoption of ICT has a positive effect on the economic development effectiveness, with a stronger link in the manufacturing, while for the mining the discovered relation was not so clear. Among the factors affecting labor productivity in the mining in ‘resource’ regions are access to the Internet, the use of ‘cloud’ services, as well as involvement in research and development; for ‘non-resource’ regions significant factors are the use of local computer networks, regional ICT subsidies, and the purchase of computing equipment. For the manufacturing, the key factors are access to the Internet, the share of high-tech businesses in the regional economy, the purchase of computing equipment, and the use of the services of third-party organizations and ICT specialists |
| Code | 332.12 |
| JEL | L60, L70, R11, O30 |
| DOI | https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2021.4.069-096 |
| Keywords | information and communication technologies ♦ labor productivity ♦ mining ♦ extractive industry ♦ manufacturing ♦ processing industry ♦ region ♦ panel data analysis |
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| For citation | Khalimova S.R., Ivanova A.I. Labor Productivity of Economic Sectors in the Regions: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2021, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 69–96. https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2021.4.069-096 (In Russian) |
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| Financing | The research was carried out according to the plan of research work of IEIE SB RAS, project ‘Theory and methodology of research into sustainable development in the economic sector of high-tech and science-based companies in the context of global external challenges, technological, organizational, and institutional shifts’, No. 121040100260-3 |
| Submitted | 13.04.2021 |
| Approved after reviewing | 05.10.2021 |
| Accepted for publication | 11.11.2021 |
| Available online | 24.12.2021 |