TY - JOUR

T1 - National heterogeneity in the russian regions

T2 - Assessment, change, impact on economic development

AU - Bufetova, Anna N.

AU - Kolomak, Evgeniya A.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021, Russian Presidental Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - The paper provides quantitative estimates of national heterogeneity in the Russian regions, using indices of fractionalization and polarization, taking into account the linguistic distance between groups. The results showed that national heterogeneity in the period between the last population censuses in Russia as a whole did not increase, but there was a different and active dynamics in the regions. The content of the national structure in the country changed in the direction of bigger cultural distances between ethnic groups. Regression analysis of the relationship between national heterogeneity and output, budget expenditures, and crime rates showed more significant positive dependencies on the fractionalization index compared to negative correlations with the polarization index. In the situation of a relatively stable institutional environment in the country, national heterogeneity showed more active positive effects, while the potential for negative effects inherent in a polarized society did not find a sufficient basis to be realized.

AB - The paper provides quantitative estimates of national heterogeneity in the Russian regions, using indices of fractionalization and polarization, taking into account the linguistic distance between groups. The results showed that national heterogeneity in the period between the last population censuses in Russia as a whole did not increase, but there was a different and active dynamics in the regions. The content of the national structure in the country changed in the direction of bigger cultural distances between ethnic groups. Regression analysis of the relationship between national heterogeneity and output, budget expenditures, and crime rates showed more significant positive dependencies on the fractionalization index compared to negative correlations with the polarization index. In the situation of a relatively stable institutional environment in the country, national heterogeneity showed more active positive effects, while the potential for negative effects inherent in a polarized society did not find a sufficient basis to be realized.

KW - Cultural distance

KW - Economic development

KW - Nation

KW - National diversity

KW - National heterogeneity

KW - Russian regions

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U2 - 10.32609/0042-8736-2021-1-120-142

DO - 10.32609/0042-8736-2021-1-120-142

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85099971876

VL - 2021

SP - 120

EP - 142

JO - Voprosy Ekonomiki

JF - Voprosy Ekonomiki

SN - 0042-8736

IS - 1

ER -