The Influence of Income Structure on the Savings Behavior of the Population in Russian Regions

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	Regionalistica 2026 Volume 13 number 3 pages 50-68

Title of the article	The Influence of Income Structure on the Savings Behavior of the Population in Russian Regions
Pages	50-68
Author	Doroshenko Svetlana Victorovna doctor of economics, assistant professor, head of the sector Institute of Economics UB RAS 29, Moskovskaya Street, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 620014 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-8282-6062
Abstract	The article presents the econometric assessment results of the impact of individual income groups and a number of other factors on the savings behavior of the Russian regions population over the period 2002–2024. The method of quantile regression with fixed effects is used. The dependent variable was the calculated indicator – the regional savings index. The results showed that wages have the greatest direct impact on saving behavior, but group «other incomes» (including «hidden» ones, money transfers, etc.) have the greatest opposite effect. In most cases, the influence of various factors is more noticeable in the regions of the first quantiles with a lower value of the savings index.
Code	332.14+330.59
DOI	10.14530/reg.2026.3.50
Keywords	regional savings index, population income structure, socio- demographic factors, quantile regression
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For citation	Doroshenko S.V. The Influence of Income Structure on the Savings Behavior of the Population in Russian Regions. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2026. Vol. 13. No. 3. Pp. 50–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/reg.2026.3.50 (In Russian)
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Financing	The article was carried out within the framework of the state assignment of the Institute of Economics UB RAS for 2024–2026 (No. 124021500019-9).
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