Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Kaukin Andrey Author-Name-First: Andrey Author-Name-Last: Kaukin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Assessment of the human capital contribution to the total factor productivity in Russia Abstract: The paper is structured as follows: the first section systematizes the results of academic literature, assessing the contribution of human capital to economic growth and aggregate productivity, reviews the key indicators of human capital traditionally used in the economic literature. The second section analyzes the dynamics and regional peculiarities of the main indicators of human capital in Russia, identifies key trends in the development of human capital, and makes cross-country comparisons. The third section presents the empirical strategy, the database used and the results of the assessment of the impact of human capital on productivity. At the end of the work, the main conclusions of the study and recommendations are presented. Classification-JEL: J24 Keywords: Russian economy, human capital, productivity Creation-Date: 2022 Revision-Date: 2022 Length: 64 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/wpaper-2023-1256.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2023 Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:wpaper-2023-1256