Using a general method of moments (GMM) aggregate production function adjusted for spatial autocorrelation, Russian regions 2001–2019 are found to exhibit no β convergence/divergence before 2009, 1% convergence 2009–2014 and then none again 2015–2019. Both human and physical capital...

Labor productivity in rural Rostov Oblast is examined before and after the 2014 Ukrainian incursion across forty-three districts using six economic sectors’ wages and labor force. A shift-share analysis indicates that throughout 2010-2021 improved aggregate labor productivity was primarily due...