The informal economy of Rostov Oblast on the eve of the Ukrainian refugee crisis

Using a stochastic frontier production function at the raion (county) level of aggregation, Rostov Oblast rural economy's formal economic growth 2009–2013 is analyzed in conjunction with satellite luminosity data capturing both the formal and informal economy. Satellite luminosity data reveal a...

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Published inJournal of policy modeling Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 789 - 803
Main Author Brock, Gregory
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Inc 01.09.2015
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects
Boundaries
Economic growth
Efficiency
Informal economy
Production functions
Refugees
Regional economics
Studies
Rostov Russia
Ukraine
Russia
O17, O47, P27, R11
Refugees
Efficiency
Informal economy
Regional economics
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Summary:Using a stochastic frontier production function at the raion (county) level of aggregation, Rostov Oblast rural economy's formal economic growth 2009–2013 is analyzed in conjunction with satellite luminosity data capturing both the formal and informal economy. Satellite luminosity data reveal a growing economy with higher levels of secondary education, access to a federal highway and availability of natural gas associated with wealthier raions. The region's ability to absorb unregistered Ukrainian refugees with both the wealthiest and one of the poorest performing raions right on the Ukrainian border is questionable though on the eve of the crisis most raions exhibited a growing informal and formal economy.
ISSN:0161-8938
1873-8060
DOI:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2015.08.005