Regional differentiation of the shadow economy and digitalization in Russian agriculture

Issue № 10, 2024, article № 2, pages 15-24

Section: Digitalization in agrarian and industrial complex

Language: Russian

Original language title: РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ ДИФФЕРЕНЦИАЦИЯ МАСШТАБОВ ТЕНЕВОЙ ЭКОНОМИКИ И ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИЯ В СЕЛЬСКОМ ХОЗЯЙСТВЕ РОССИИ

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, CLUSTERS, REGIONS, SHADOW TRANSACTIONS OF LEGAL ENTITIES, THE LEVEL OF DIGITALIZATION OF THE LOCAL TELEPHONE NETWORK IN RURAL AREAS

Abstract: The paper is devoted to the peculiarities of territorial differentiation of the level of the shadow economy in agriculture in connection with the level of digitalization. When determining the scale of shadow activities, only legal entities (agricultural organizations) in the agricultural sector are taken into account. The study groups regions by means of hierarchical clustering and also using the k-means method. The authors form 5 clusters based on the level of development of shadow activities and digitalization of telephone communications. The survey analyses the relationship between the level of digitalization of local telephone communications in rural areas and the share of shadow activities in gross value added. While there is a general inverse relationship between the development of digitalization and shadow activities throughout the country, there are differences regionally. In the first, third and fourth clusters, an inverse relationship was identified between the share of shadow activities in GVA according to Section A of OKVED 2 and the level of digitalization of the local telephone network in rural areas. These clusters represent such large agricultural regions as Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Penza, Saratov, Tambov regions, Krasnodar, Stavropol and Perm territories, other regions and republics. In the second and fifth clusters, consisting mainly of regions of the Central Federal District, on the contrary, shadow activities and the level of digitalization show a direct connection. High and low levels of digitalization are accompanied by high and low levels of shadow agriculture. Among the regions in these clusters are Vladimir, Volgograd, Lipetsk, Oryol, Ryazan, Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk regions, other regions and republics.

Authors: Kiselev Sergei Viktorovich, Seitov Sanat Kairgalievich, Samsonov Valerii Albertovich, Filimonov Ilia Valerevich