Has Russia's participation in the Bologna process affected the export of high-tech products?

the article examines the impact of higher education on Russia's technological development and outlines a methodological approach to assessing the impact of higher education on Russia's technological development during the country's participation in the Bologna process. Regression analysis and the "difference in differences" technique are used for this study. This makes it possible to quantify the impact of the higher education reforms characteristic of the Bologna process on Russia's technological development. The purpose of the research is to develop a methodology for constructing a mathematical model based on the theory of cause-and-effect relationships, the theory of "difference in differences". The study selected the export of high-tech products as an indicator assessing the technological development of the country, and further substantiates the choice of this indicator. Two groups of countries are considered: Russia itself, which joined the Bologna Process and then left the Bologna Process, and the countries of the control group that are not participants in the Bologna Process: Brazil and Indonesia. The dynamics of exports of high-tech products from Russia under the influence of the Bologna process is analyzed in comparison with the dynamics of similar exports from Brazil and Indonesia. The article presents the findings obtained from a quantitative assessment of the study. These results make it possible to quantify the impact of higher education on the technological development of the country. The presented methodology can be used when considering the impact of educational reforms taking place within the framework of the Bologna process on the technological development of countries and comparing the results of this impact.

higher education, technological development of the country, export of high-tech products, regression analysis, the Bologna process, the "difference in differences" methodology