TY - JOUR

T1 - Costs of Living and Real Incomes in the Russian Regions

AU - Gluschenko, Konstantin

N1 - FUNDING: This study was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of large-scale research project “Socio-Economic Development of Asian Russia on the Basis of Synergy of Transport Accessibility, System Knowledge of the Natural Resource Potential, and Expanding Space of Inter-Regional Interactions,” Agreement no. 075-15-2020-804 of October 2, 2020 [grant no. 13.1902.21.0016].

PY - 2022/9/1

Y1 - 2022/9/1

N2 - Comparisons of well-being indicators in monetary terms across regions of a country do not provide insights into actual differences in well-being. The reason is variability of price levels across regions, especially in large countries like Russia. Thus, the indicators should be adjusted to the regional price levels, which, in turn, poses a problem of estimating such levels. In Russia, official data on price levels (termed cost-of-living indices) are available; however, they are by city/town rather than by region, so being unsuitable for regional studies. This paper describes the methodology of aggregating the city cost-of-living indices to the regional ones and presents the results obtained for 2016–2020. These results serve as a mean for estimation of priceadjusted regional incomes per capita (regional real incomes). As can be expected, taking account of regionalcosts of living smooths to some extent the pattern of regional inequality. A comparison of the European and Asian parts of Russia suggests that real income per capita in the latter permanently remains lower than in the former.

AB - Comparisons of well-being indicators in monetary terms across regions of a country do not provide insights into actual differences in well-being. The reason is variability of price levels across regions, especially in large countries like Russia. Thus, the indicators should be adjusted to the regional price levels, which, in turn, poses a problem of estimating such levels. In Russia, official data on price levels (termed cost-of-living indices) are available; however, they are by city/town rather than by region, so being unsuitable for regional studies. This paper describes the methodology of aggregating the city cost-of-living indices to the regional ones and presents the results obtained for 2016–2020. These results serve as a mean for estimation of priceadjusted regional incomes per capita (regional real incomes). As can be expected, taking account of regionalcosts of living smooths to some extent the pattern of regional inequality. A comparison of the European and Asian parts of Russia suggests that real income per capita in the latter permanently remains lower than in the former.

KW - spatial price index

KW - regional price level

KW - cross-region income comparison

KW - price-adjusted income

KW - cross-region income comparison

KW - price-adjusted income

KW - regional price level

KW - spatial price index

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U2 - 10.1134/S2079970522700022

DO - 10.1134/S2079970522700022

M3 - Article

VL - 12

SP - 365

EP - 377

JO - Regional Research of Russia

JF - Regional Research of Russia

SN - 2079-9705

IS - 3

ER -