Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from Russian Firm-level Data

Student: Berdnikova Marina

Educational Programme: Economics (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 7

Year of Graduation: 2020

This paper examines the impact of innovation and productivity of Russian companies. The analysis was based on data from the VVVRT survey (Interaction of internal and external labor markets), in which 1701 enterprises were surveyed in 2018, and 1525 companies were surveyed in 2016. The purpose of the study to examine the relationship between innovation investments, results and the productivity of companies based on a theoretical model incorporating both the analyzed parameters and characteristics of the company (size, age, region, sector of the economy, the share of private ownership, the presence of exports). Such research allows us to establish that R&D expenditures have a positive impact on the innovation activity of companies, and innovations have a positive impact on the productivity of companies.

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