INTENSITY OF STRUCTURAL SHIFTS AND DIFFERENCES IN THE ECONOMY OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE URAL FEDERAL DISTRICT

The differences and intensity of structural shifts in the sectoral structure of the gross value added of the economy of the subjects of the Ural Federal District are assessed using the Ryabtsev index. Five approaches to assessing such differences are proposed. The Ural Federal District’s sectoral structure differs by far from that of the Russian Federation. The study identifies the Ural Federal District’s subjects with the great-est and least similarity to the sectoral structure of the Ural Federal District as a whole, as well as those with the greatest and least differences from the sectoral structure of the Ural Federal District’s subject that has the prevalent share in the structure of the gross regional product of the district. The insignificance of annual shifts in the sectoral structure of the Russian Federation, Ural Federal District, and its subjects, which took place in 2016‒2020, has been established. The study is based on data from the Federal State Statistics Service. In practice, the results obtained may help solve a set of issues related to spatial development by establishing a comprehensive structural policy for the Ural Federal District’s subjects.