New Approach to the Measurement of Shadow Activity in the Production Sectors of the Russian Economy

The proposed approach to the construction of estimates of the shadow activity scales in the production sectors of the Russian economy is an example of using of alternative methods for measuring the components of the non-observed economy. Estimated indicators of growth in the scale of shadow activity in the sectors of the Russian economy based on the modification of the classical method of physical input are presented. Absolute and structural estimates of the shadow activity scales were developed for selected sectors of goods and services production; corrected estimates of gross value added and GDP of the Russian Federation for the year of 2017 are presented, taking into account updated estimates of the shadow activity scales.