| In the section | Articles |
| Title of the article | Demand on Digital Skills in Russia: Regional Differences |
| Pages | 70-92 |
| Author 1 | Sergey Dmitrievich Kapelyuk Candidate of Sciences (Economics), Associate Professor, Senior Researcher Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering of the SB RAS 17 Akademika Lavrentieva Av., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation Associate Professor of the Department of Economic Theory and Applied Economics Novosibirsk State Technical University 20 Karla Marksa Av., Novosibirsk, 630073, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-4175-8227 |
| Author 2 | Iliya Nikolaevich Karelin Senior Lecturer of the Department of Economic Theory and Applied Economics Novosibirsk State Technical University 20 Karla Marksa Av., Novosibirsk, 630073, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0003-4154-6571 |
| Abstract | This paper examines regional differences in the demand for digital skills based on an analysis of 9 million vacancies posted on the Unified Digital Platform ‘Work in Russia’ in 2018–2022. We examine approaches used in the literature to classify digital skills and using it develop our own classification. The paper studies the advantages and limitations of various indicators of the demand for digital skills. We suggest that the ratio between the share of vacancies requiring digital skills of a certain group in the region and the labor force population should be used as the most appropriate one. The results of the study show that in Russia there is still a significant regional differentiation in the employer’s demand for all selected groups. Differentiation increased with the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and decreased slightly in 2021–2022. We reveal that regions with a higher level of economic development have higher requirements for digital skills. Digital skills are more often required in regions specialized on primary production and less often in agricultural regions. Of the federal districts, a slightly higher level of demand for digital skills is observed in the Ural and Far Eastern federal districts, while a significantly lower level is observed in the North Caucasus federal district |
| Code | 331.522:332.1 |
| JEL | J23, J24, R10 |
| DOI | https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2023.1.070-092 |
| Keywords | human capital, digital skills, vacancies, demand for labor, labor force, Covid-19 pandemic, regional differentiation, Russia |
| Download | SE.2023.1.070-092.Kapelyuk |
| For citation | Kapelyuk S.D., Karelin I.N. Demand on Digital Skills in Russia: Regional Differences. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2023, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 70–92. https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2023.1.070-092 (In Russian) |
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| Financing | |
| Submitted | 10.09.2022 |
| Approved after reviewing | 11.11.2022 |
| Accepted for publication | 16.01.2023 |
| Available online | 31.03.2023 |