COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDICES IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article is devoted to research of tendencies in the field of human development in the regions of the Russian Federation. At present, the main priority in the transition to the innovative development path is the human potential development in the subjects of the Russian Federation. The relevance of the study is due to the need to apply a statistical approach to assess the relationship between the components of the human development index at the regional level and to identify qualitative differences in the level of human development in the regions (subjects) of the Russian Federation. The aim of the work is to compare the quality of the human development level in the regions based on the adaptation of the measurement approach applied at the level of intercountry comparisons. The systemic and complex approach, index method, ranking method and typological grouping are applied. The originality and practical significance of the study determines the relationship between the components of the human development index in the regions and identifies differences in the level of human development between the subjects of the Russian Federation. The results obtained can be the basis for the development of federal and territorial programs, as well as the basis for implementing managerial decisions in the area of social and economic development of the regions.
Keywords: life expectancy index, living standard index, education index, human development index.
Highlights:
the measurement of the human development index, which is an integral assessment of education, activity and quality of life at the level of the subjects of the Russian Federation, has been implemented;
the subjects of the Russian Federation on the human development index and its components have been ranked;
three blocks of the subjects are distinguished, differing in the quality of the human development level.
Olga Ph. Chistik, Doctor of Economics, professor; Olga V. Bakanach, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor, Samara State University of Economics.