Impact of Human Capital, Science and Innovation on Labour Productivity in Russia

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Басовская ◽  
Elena Basovskaya

A program and methodology of the empirical study of the effect of human capital, science and innovation on productivity and economic growth are exemplified on modern Russian economy. To identify and quantify the impact of factors related to human capital, innovation, science, labor productivity in the country and its regions the author proposes to build econometric models using cross-sectional data of regional statistics. It makes possible to obtain data and forecast sizes of elasticity of labor productivity on the factors connected with the human capital, science and innovations, the country and its regions. This will generate a reasonable economic policy, policy of education and science aimed at economic growth.

Author(s):  
Nina Baranova ◽  
Sergey Larin ◽  
Evgeny Khrustalyov

Studies of factors of sustainable economic development in modern conditions are highly relevant for Russia due to the constant increase and tightening of sanctions restrictions. They have a negative impact on the introduction of innovative developments and economic growth, and reduce the competitiveness of Russian enterprises and their products on world markets. Human capital can become one of the key factors for countering sanctions restrictions, improving the efficiency of economic development and gaining additional competitive advantages for domestic enterprises and the economy as a whole. Assessing the impact of human capital on the sustainable development of the economy is difficult, since it is one of the specific forms of capital. When making appropriate measurements, economic scientists rely on a number of developed theoretical methods and practical tools that support them, which allow us to obtain fairly accurate values of the human capital development index (HDI) based on statistical data. First of all, this is the current UN methodology for calculating the HDI indicator, as well as modern software systems OriginPro-8.6 and Eviews-10.0, which have sufficiently advanced functionality for performing calculations. Russia today has all the necessary prerequisites and opportunities for progressive social and economic development. However, the formation of econometric models will help to timely determine the current and forecast values of the level of human capital development for individual enterprises, industries, and the country’s economy as a whole. This paper shows the practical application of the econometric tools of all the above approaches to obtain the calculated values of the HDI indicator for different time periods and different scenarios for the development of the Russian economy. The results obtained confirmed the high practical significance of the tools used and the acceptable accuracy of the calculations. However, the current and forecast values of the level of human capital development alone will not be able to ensure the effective development of the Russian economy. On the contrary, the effective use of human capital in the implementation of import substitution strategies and national projects will allow our country to become one of the world’s leading economic development countries.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Басовская ◽  
Elena Basovskaya

To evaluate the factor productivity in the pre-crisis economy the econometric models were built. From the general level determination of the labor productivity models of 77.8%, the share of capital is 67%, the share of human capital — 8.4%, the share of new technologies — 1.4%. Effect of changes in the level of human capital on productivity surpasses the effect of changes in capital and the degree of diffusion of new technologies. In the pre-crisis period, the influence of the main production factors on the labor productivity was significantly decreased. The new tecnology have ceased to influence on productivity in general. The recession factor productivity in the country in the period 2010- 2013 may due to the formation under the impact of the adopted laws for the economic growth adverse institutional environment.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Tan Vinh

Vietnam is a country which has an attractive level of attracting foreign direct investment (Hereafter FDI) in the region with many preferential policies for investors. FDI attraction aims to help economic growth as well as increase the country's labour productivity. Therefore, the author conducted research to the impact of FDI and human capital on labor productivity of Vietnam. With data analysis techniques using ARDL model with data collected from 1990 to 2017, research result shows that FDI has a positive impact on labor productivity in short term and long term. The factor of university qualification (human capital) only has a positive impact on labor productivity in the long term.


Author(s):  
Mustafa Gömleksiz ◽  
Birol Mercan

In recent years, human capital, R&D activities and innovation have an important place in both empirical studies related with economic growth and new growth models. In this context, it is drawn that innovations frequently arising from R&D activities are the main engine of the new economy, while productivity-based positive relationship between human capital and economic growth of the countries is emphasized by a variety of evidence. This paper empirically investigates the impact of human capital, R&D and innovation on economic growth in context of G8 countries. Indicators used in analyze covering the period 1998-2012 are gross domestic product per capita, public spending on education, population with tertiary education between aged 25-64, total public and private sector R&D expenditures and international patent grants. Such relationships were analyzed by using the panel data method for the 8 cross-sectional units and 15 year long period. The results indicate that impact of both human capital and innovation on economic growth is signifanctly positive. Furthermore, results show that the total public and private sector R&D expenditure has a negative effect on economic growth while its coefficient statistically insignificant. Latter result obtained from analyze also contribute to discussions about the roles of patents and public funding or public performed R&D in economic growth.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
Щеголев ◽  
Aleksandr Shchegolev

In the article the main directions of state policy at the present stage are considered. The author analizes the current state of Russian economy, the impact of the crisis and international sanctions on the dynamics of economic growth. In the dynamics the balance of payments indicators and the external debt of the Russian Federation are presented. The reasons for destabilization of the national currency system are given.


2008 ◽  
pp. 94-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Sorokin

The problem of the Russian economy’s growth rates is considered in the article in the context of Russia’s backwardness regarding GDP per capita in comparison with the developed countries. The author stresses the urgency of modernization of the real sector of the economy and the recovery of the country’s human capital. For reaching these goals short- or mid-term programs are not sufficient. Economic policy needs a long-term (15-20 years) strategy, otherwise Russia will be condemned to economic inertia and multiplying structural disproportions.


Author(s):  
Svetlana Apenko ◽  
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Olga Kiriliuk ◽  
Elena Legchilina ◽  
Tatiana Tsalko ◽  
...  

The article presents the results of a study of the impact of pension reform in Russia on economic growth and quality of life in a digital economy, taking into account the experience of raising the retirement age in Europe. The aim of the study was to identify and analyze the impact of raising the retirement age on economic growth in the context of the development of digitalization in Russia and a comparative analysis with European countries. Results: the studies conducted allowed us to develop a system of indicators characterizing the impact of raising the retirement age on economic growth and the quality of life of the population in the context of digitalization. The authors found that raising the retirement age leads to a change in labor relations in Russia and Europe. The application of the proposed indicators can be used in the formation of a balanced state socio-economic policy in the field of institutional changes in the field of labor relations and raising the retirement age. The study was carried out under a grant from the RFBR № 19-010-00362 А.


2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (03) ◽  
pp. 157-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Corrales

Abstract Cuba faces a development dilemma: it promotes equity and human capital while failing to deliver economic growth. For the government, the country's equity and human capital achievements are a source of pride, a sign that its priorities are right. This essay argues instead that this “equity without growth” dilemma is a sign of malaise. Theory and evidence suggest that high levels of equity and human capital should produce high levels of economic growth. Because growth is often weak or negative, some onerous barriers to development must be present. These barriers, it is argued, are restrictions on property and political rights. By comparing Cuba and China across two sectors, the bicycle industry and Internet access, this article shows how these restrictions have hindered growth. It also assesses how Cuba's latest economic reforms, the so-called Lineamientos, will address Cuba's development dilemma. The impact may be minimal, but perhaps more lasting than previous reforms.


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