IMPACT OF INFORMATIZATION ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION
The article considers the effects of digital technologies influence on the socio-economic development of Russian society. The article analyzes the degree of development of information infrastructure in the regions of the Russian Federation, as well as general economic indicators of regional development. The influence of educational development indicators on socio-economic development is studied. As indicators of the development of regional higher education, such indicators as the number of universities, the number of teachers and the number of students per 10,000 people of the population have been analyzed. The main hypothesis of the study is that digitalization has a positive impact on regional economic development. This hypothesis is tested by evaluating panel models with fixed and random effects on data for 2010-2018. The models include variables that characterize the level of digitalization of households and businesses, economic development, and education. The analysis showed that digitalization indicators have an impact on regional development. The obtained results of the regression model indicate the need to invest in higher education and attract highly qualified personnel to higher education institutions, since these indicators have an impact on the accumulation of intellectual capital in the region and, as a result, on the potential of its future development.
Keywords digital transformation, differentiation, digitalization, regional development, education, intellectual capital, intangible capital.
Highlights:
♦ digitalization has a direct impact on regional development. All the digitalization indicators included in the model have a significant positive impact on regional development. Coverage of electronic document management systems has a positive impact on regional GRP;
♦ regions of the Russian Federation are included in digitalization heterogeneously;
♦ it is necessary to invest in research and developments and attract highly qualified personnel to higher education institutions, since these indicators have an impact on the socio-economic development of the region.
Yulia S. Kolesnikova, Doctor of Economics, Chief Researcher of the Department of Labor Resources Reproduction and Employment of the Institute of Socio-Political Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Natalia I. Larionova, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor of the Economic Theory and Econometrics Department at the Institute of Management, Economics and Finance of Kazan Federal University.