Statistical analysis of housing construction differentiation in Russian regions

Abstract

Introduction. The high influence of territorial, agroclimatic, infrastructural and other factors causes significant economic differentiation at the regional level. The proven influence of the economy’s condition on construction activity leads to the conclusion that differences in the economic level of development also give rise to stratification in the housing construction sector across the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Еmpirical analysis. Continuing the authors’ work on this topic, we will expand the work of previous researchers by searching for the most dependent indicators of housing construction of economic development. To do this, we introduce per capita indicators into the calculation, as well as growth indices for indicators over a long (more than 20 years) period of time. Results. During the work, it was established that a high degree of housing construction dependence on GRP is observed only in current values for a certain year (in our case, 2022), while per capita indicators do not show a significant level of correlation. One can also note the mutual dependence of the housing stock and GRP growth dynamics (growth indices for both indicators). For other indicators, the quality of correlation models is unsatisfactory, which indicates the absence of mutual connection. Cluster analysis demonstrated a high level of regional differentiation in housing construction indicators and related indicators of economic development. Only 10 subjects of the Federation can be classified as prosperous regions with a high level of housing construction. The remaining regions, due primarily to economic factors, do not demonstrate high-quality development of housing construction.

Keywords

• regions differentiation
• housing construction
• correlation
• housing supply
• retrospective analysis
• population’s standard of living
• influencing factors