Existing empirical work on the growth of Russian regions mostly covers a short time period and considers only regional-level data, while city-level spatial data of the post-reform era remain largely ignored. Using city-level geo-coded data covering 997 cities and towns from 1996 until 2013, I...

We analyze the impact of migration on wages, income and the unemployment rate. Using the official Russian statistical database from 1995 to 2010, we calculate a dynamic panel data model with spatial effects. There is a positive spatial effect for wages and unemployment. There is no significant...

We document geographic concentration patterns of Russian manufacturing using microgeographic data. About 42–52% of 4-digit and 63–75% of 3-digit industries are localized, with a higher share in the European part than in the Asian part. About 70% of 3-digit industry pairs are coagglomerated,...

This paper proposes a method for a multiproduct model decomposition of GDP components by expenditure which allows the use of several different price indices in the same model. The decomposition does not link the products to imports or exports, therefore, it imposes no restrictions on the...

Recent decades have been years of intensive growth, structural change and expanding informality for many developing and emerging economies. However, in exploring the relationship between structural change and productivity growth, most empirical studies ignored informality. This paper explores...