Reduction Of An Economy's Raw Material Dependence And The Human Capital Of A Country

• Authors: Viacheslav Perepelkin , Elena Perepelkina

Title variants

Obniżenie zależności gospodarki od surowca i kapitał ludzki kraju

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper evaluates the raw material dependence of two export-oriented oil and gas extracting countries. We find evidence of presence of the Dutch disease in both countries and of the resource curse in Russia. Reduction of volumes of crude oil and natural gas production and exports, compensated by the growth of value added in other kinds of economic activity, suggests that Norway is gradually overcoming the Dutch disease by means of expanded reproduction of human capital. On the other hand, extraction of hydrocarbons may remain a driver of the Russian economic growth.

PL

Artykuł ocenia zależność od surowca dwóch orientowanych na eksport krajów wydobywających ropy naftowy i gaz. Znaleźliśmy świadectwo obecności Holenderskiej choroby w obu krajach i przekleństwa zasobów w Rosji. Zmniejszenie wielkości produkcji i eksportu ropy naftowej i gazu ziemnego, skompensowane wzrostem wartości dodanej w innych rodzajach gospodarczej działalności, wskazuje na to, że Norwegia stopniowo przezwycięża Holenderską chorobę za pomocą rozszerzonej reprodukcji kapitału ludzkiego. Z drugiej strony, wydobywanie węglowodorów może pozostać koło napędowe rozwoju rosyjskiej gospodarki.

Keywords

EN

Dutch disease; value added; education and health care; resource curse; human capital

PL

Holenderska choroba; wartość dodana; szkolnictwo i opieka zdrowotna; przekleństwo zasobów; kapitał ludzki; Holenderska choroba; wartość dodana; szkolnictwo i opieka zdrowotna; przekleństwo zasobów; kapitał ludzki

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 53-73

Dates

published

2017-03-09

Contributors

author

Viacheslav Perepelkin

• Samara State University of Economics, Department of World Economy

author

Elena Perepelkina

• Samara State University of Economics, Department of Economics

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/cer-2017-0004