MODELING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SECTORAL STRUCTURE OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SECTORS AND THE LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN REGIONS

The study is devoted to a comprehensive assessment of the relationship between the regional structure of the economy and the level of economic development of the regions of the Russian Federation. The division of regional economic activity is accepted into primary and secondary sectors of the economy, which correspond to the first 3 sections of the OKVED-2, namely “agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishing and fish farming”; “mining”; “manufacturing”. The analysis covers the period from 2017 to 2023 and is based on data from the Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System. 85 subjects of the Russian Federation were selected as regions in the study. Based on the results of the analysis using regression analysis methods, it was found that the specialization of regional economic activity has a positive impact on the level of development of the subjects of the Russian Federation, while the diversification of the regional economy in the sectors under consideration has a negative impact on the development of Russian subjects. The work confirmed the importance of localization of primary and secondary sectors in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for their sustainable economic growth. As suggestions for improving regional sectoral economic policy, the authors have put forward a strategy for related diversification, which contributes to the formation of common labor markets, logistics networks and technological links. The algorithm developed by the authors can be successfully applied to analyze the structural characteristics of the regional economy of the Russian Federation. The obtained research results can be used to develop regional economic policies of the subjects of the Russian Federation and improve methods for analyzing and modeling the impact of the regional sectoral structure.

regional economy, spatial economy, economic development, primary economic sector, secondary economic sector, regional sectoral structure, sectoral localization, regio- nal diversification, econometric analysis, regression modeling

Sharikov N. I., Kudryavtseva T. Yu., Skhvediani A. E. Modeling the relationship between the sectoral structure of the primary and secondary sectors and the level of economic development of Russian regions. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2025;3(72):78—87. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2025.72.1382.