This dataset supports a study examining the path-dependence of knowledge-intensive industry location in Russia following the end of the Soviet planned economy in 1991. It analyzes the relationship between regional R&D personnel levels in 1991 and the subsequent development of market-oriented knowledge-intensive business services like engineering and IT. The dataset was authored by Denis Ivanov.
Use Cases
- Analyze the correlation between 1991 R&D personnel levels and modern IT service development across Russian regions.
- Model the persistence of Soviet-era human capital distribution on post-1991 engineering sector growth.
- Investigate regional path-dependence in knowledge-intensive business services using historical R&D manpower data.
Strengths
- Leverages a natural experiment from the end of the Soviet planned economy in 1991.
- Focuses on a specific analytical question regarding human capital and industry location path-dependence.
- Data is associated with a published study offering explanations for observed patterns.
Limitations
- Specific data structure, column names, and row counts are unknown.
- The dataset's temporal coverage and geographic granularity are unspecified.
- File formats and size are not provided, complicating usability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- Includes data from 1991 and post-Soviet period; specific range unknown.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Russian regions