ECONOMIC RESEARCH

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Creative Class and Creative Work: Interrelation, Exploitation and Contradictions of Development

Tamara D. Stepanova

183–195

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Tamara D. Stepanova

Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6212-2132

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Stepanova T.D. Creative Class and Creative Work: Interrelation, Exploitation and Contradictions of Development. Uroven' zhizni naseleniya regionov Rossii=Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2024;20(2):183–195. https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_2_4_183_195 (In Russ.)

ABSTRACT

The development of the creative economy has been one of the most popular areas of economic theory and economic policy for three decades. Despite the constant growth of the creative class and government measures to support the creative sector, the size of the creative economy remains at 3% on average worldwide. The purpose of this article is to show the contradictions and limiting factors in the development of the creative class. The argumentation and conclusions of the article are based primarily on a political economy approach. The main information sources of the study are the following statistical databases: Russian statistical base (Rosstat), ILOSTAT (employment by occupational groups). The theoretical and empirical conclusions presented in the work prove that the quantitative growth of the creative class is not identical to its qualitative development; that the statistical measurement of the creative class through employment in creative industries significantly distorts the original meaning of the category of creative labor and several times underestimates the real number of creative professionals; that the uneven development of the creative class among countries is due, on the one hand, to inequality in economic development and intellectual migration from peripheral states to the center, on the other; that the association of creative professionals into a class has no economic basis due to the incompleteness of the formation of socio-economic stratification; that the creative content of labor under the capitalist mode of production does not eliminate the alienation of surplus value, and the exploitation of creative labor takes on a new form – the alienation of intellectual property rights and subsequent intellectual rent.

KEYWORDS

creative class, creative labor, creative economy, creative industries, labor exploitation, economic development, intellectual 
property, intellectual rent

AUTHORS BIOGRAFY

Tamara D. Stepanova

PhD in Economics, Senior Researcher, Sector of Employment Policy and Social and Labor Relations, Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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The article was submitted 16.03.2024; approved after reviewing 18.04.2024; accepted for publication 09.06.2024

ECONOMIC RESEARCH

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The Illusion of Remuneration and the Reality of its Exploitation

Ivan D. Matskulyak

172−182

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Ivan D. Matskulyak

State University of Management, Moscow, Russia

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2550-0250

SPIN-код: 5278-9660

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ResearcherID: V-2082-2017

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Matskulyak I.D. The Illusion of Remuneration and the Reality of its Exploitation. Uroven' zhizni naseleniya regionov Rossii=Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2024;20(2):172–182. https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_2_3_172_182 (In Russ.)

ABSTRACT

Research on various aspects of remuneration under capitalism is quite diverse, in contrast to the exploitation of labor in domestic conditions. The purpose of the publication is to summarize the deep essence of wages and trends in the exploitation of labor by capital, to attract the attention of subjects of these processes to take the necessary regulatory measures. The object of the study is the system of participants in the main link of social production of the capitalist economy. The subject of the article is the social and labor relations between employees and employers regarding the wages of some and their exploitation by others. Its methodological base includes methods of content analysis of scientific observations, comparisons, logical generalization, dialectical and integrated approach, explaining the essential and superficial perception of the functioning of employees and owners of capital, or their representatives-entrepreneurs regarding the purchase and sale of hired labor, its inclusion in the labor process and calculation between them. Among the new results is the debunking of the well-established opinion that wages are paid allegedly for work performed and the justification of this phenomenon as an illusion, a fetish. In fact, the owner of the production conditions pays the employee only the debt for the labor force purchased from him, which participated in the labor process to create a product (service). The substantiation of the reality of labor exploitation by capital, the generalization of relevant trends in Western and domestic economies, is also new. A new idea is also given about the improvement of this process and its further transformation in favor of wage labor. The theoretical and practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the presented understanding of the illusory nature of remuneration and the reality of its operation is certainly useful for both enterprises interested in modernizing their own development strategies and forming programs to achieve the planned milestones, as well as state (municipal) authorities at various levels of government and structures of the higher school of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

KEYWORD

wages, capital, labor exploitation, labor force, value, surplus value, profit, profit margin

AUTHORS BIOGRAFY

Ivan D. Matskulyak

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of 
Economic Policy and Economic Measurements of the Institute of Economics and Finance State University of Management

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The article was submitted 16.02.2024; approved after reviewing 06.04.2024; accepted for publication 09.06.2024.

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Applied Labor Economics in Conditions of Double Personnel Shortage: Revival and New Challenges. Part 1

Ruslan A. Dolzhenko, Svetlana B. Dolzhenko, Vladimir S. Polovinko

163–171

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Ruslan A. Dolzhenko

Ural State University of Economics

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-3005

SPIN-код: 8576-4140

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ResearcherID: J-2847-2015

Svetlana B. Dolzhenko

Ural State University of Economics

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2575-9588

SPIN-код: 8557-7373

РИНЦ Author ID: 148831

ResearcherID: B-5311-2018

Vladimir S. Polovinko

Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Omsk, Russia

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-045X

SPIN-код: 8454-2897

РИНЦ Author ID: 155877

ResearcherID: A-4317-2017

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Dolzhenko R.A., Dolzhenko S.B., Polovinko V.S. Applied Labor Economics in Conditions of Double Personnel Shortage: Revival and 
New Challenges.Part 1. Uroven' zhizni naseleniya regionov Rossii=Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2024;20(2):163–171. 
https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_2_2_163_171 (In Russ.)

 

ABSTRACT

Modern applied economics is in conditions of a systemic crisis, which, on the one hand, is constrained by government policy, and on the 
other, by the actions of business. The accumulation of contradictions between subjects, organizational goals and opportunities to achieve them continues. To find the necessary resources, as well as search for reserves of labor productivity, effective tools are needed, primarily related to the use of developments in the field of applied economics and scientific organization of labor. The purpose of the study is, based on an analysis of unfolding trends, an assessment of the current situation in the use of tools of applied labor economics at enterprises, to determine the prospects for the development of domestic approaches, the accumulation of the best experience of the country's companies in these areas. Research methods: expert interviews with scientists (9 interviews were conducted with scientists with experience in scientific and applied research in the field of labor economics), as well as heads of departments at industrial enterprises (7 interviews were conducted with HR directors, heads of occupational safety and health departments and centers for improving organizational efficiency), analysis of documents and experience of the country's largest enterprises (the experience of 11 enterprises was studied). The results of the study showed that it is necessary to develop and transmit an up-to-date methodology for increasing organizational efficiency and labor productivity through the development of areas of labor economics in enterprises. The project “Labor Productivity and Employment” requires clarification of goals and approaches to achieving them. It is necessary to consolidate the expert community in the field of labor economics and assemble a universal methodology for the scientific organization of labor 2.0, its testing, taking into account modifications for different sectors of the economy. The results of the analysis can be useful to scientists in the field of personnel management, labor economics and organizational effectiveness to 
update the research agenda, as well as to enterprises that are interested in increasing labor productivity and personnel efficiency.

KEYWORDS

labor economics, applied labor economics, labor efficiency, labor productivity, trends, business development, personnel management

AUTHORS BIOGRAFY

Ruslan A. Dolzhenko

Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Department of Labor Economics and Personnel Management, Ural State 
University of Economics

Svetlana B. Dolzhenko

PhD in Economics, Head of the Department of Labor Economics and Personnel Management, Ural State 
University of Economics

Vladimir S. Polovinko

Doctor of Economics, Head of the Department of Regional Economics and Human Resource Management, 
Dostoevsky Omsk State University

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ECONOMIC RESEARCH

TITLE

Methodological Approach to Assessing Factor Influence on Fertilityin Russia

Olga A. Kozlova, Maria N. Makarova, Vladimir N. Arkhangel'skii

76-91

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Olga A. Kozlova

Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0448-3519

SPIN-code:  8102-7666

РИНЦ Author ID: 148806

ReseacherID: M-4659-2016

Maria N. Makarova

Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6144-6178

SPIN-code:  8630-5215

РИНЦ Author ID: 625550

ReseacherID: AAR-5183-2020

Vladimir N. Arkhangel'skii

Institute for Demographic Research – Branch of the Federal Centre for Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7091-9632

SPIN-code:  1472-3201

РИНЦ Author ID: 77068

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Kozlova O.A., Makarova M.N., Arkhangelskiy V.N. Methodological Approach to Assessing Factor Influence on Fertility in Russia. Uroven' zhizni naseleniya regionov Rossii=Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2024;20(1):76–90. https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_1_7_76_90 (In Russ.)

ABSTRACT

The relevance of the study is due to the need to assess the impact of socio-economic factors on the birth rate in Russia. The purpose of the paper is to substantiate and to test the methodological tools for assessing the contribution of the most important factors to the fertility rates. We have put forward a hypothesis about the complex influence of both objective socio-economic factors and their subjective assessments by the population, which determines both positive and negative effects, characterized by different forces of influence on fertility. As targets in this study, the total fertility rate for 2021 is used both in general and by the order of births and the average number of children born in 40-44-year-olds according to the 2020 population census, which was actually conducted in 2021, which allows us to talk about the comparability of the data used.

The novelty of the study evolves the use of an integrated approach consisting in the assessment of both objective and subjective factor effects on reproductive behavior and fertility. To analyze the socio-economic factor impact on fertility, official Rosstat data for 85 Russian regions for 2021 were used. A subjective assessment of the factorial effect on fertility was carried out using micro-data from a Comprehensive observation of the living conditions of the population conducted by Rosstat in 2022. Another factor indicator was the need for children, which largely regulates reproductive behavior. The methodological tools of the study is based on the use of machine learning and data mining methods, which made it possible to identify the share of each of the statistically significant factors in the overall picture of factorial influence on target indicators. The obtained results of the study indicate the different strength of the factor influence on fertility in general and the order of births, which determines the need for monitoring and assessing the degree of factor influence in the development and adjustment of state programs to stimulate fertility.

 

KEYWORDS

regions of Russia, standard of living, total fertility rate, factorial influence, partial contribution, subjective estimates, machine learning methods, correlation and regression analysis

AUTHORS BIOGRAFY

Olga A. Kozlova

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Center for Research on Socio-Economic Dynamics of the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Mariya N. Makarova

PhD in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Research on Socio-Economic Dynamics of the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vladimir N. Arkhangel'skii

PhD in Economics, Head of the Fertility and Reproductive Behavior Department of the Institute for Demographic Research - Branch of the Federal Centre for Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of the Population Reproduction and Demographic Policy Sector of the Laboratory of Population Economics and Demography of the Faculty of Economics of Lomonosov Moscow State University; Leading Researcher at the Family and Demography Center of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences

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The article was submitted 27.08.2023; approved after reviewing 19.09.2023; accepted for publication 21.03.2024.