Impact of housing infrastructure on socio-economic development of regions
Abstract. The article examines the impact of housing infrastructure on the socio-economic development of the regions of the Volga Federal District, analyzes theoretical approaches of domestic and foreign authors to the study of the housing environment as a key element of regional development. The subject of the study is the regularities and peculiarities of the impact of the level of housing infrastructure development on the main socio-economic indicators of the Volga Federal District regions, formalized by labor force size and other integral indicators characterizing population living standard and the sustainability of the regional economy. The goal is to determine the degree and nature of impact of the housing infrastructure state on the socioeconomic indicators of regional development in the Volga Federal District. The authors identified significant territorial differentiation in terms of housing infrastructure development in the Volga Federal District, which allowed to form three regional clusters: with a high, medium and low level of housing environment development. It was established that for a comprehensive improvement of socio-economic conditions, it is necessary to take into account territorial specifics and use a differentiated approach to housing policy.
Keywords: housing infrastructure, socio-economic development, regions of the Volga Federal District, cluster analysis, regression analysis, panel data, labor force size.
Hightlightts:
- the cluster analysis conducted by the authors allowed to identify three groups of regions in the Volga Federal District based on the level of housing infrastructure development: high, medium and low, indicating distinct territorial differentiation and lack of a unified spatial development strategy in the district;
- regression analysis revealed a statistically significant but ambiguous relationship between the size of labor force and such housing infrastructure indicators as housing per capita (negative impact) and the volume of housing provided under contract of social rent (positive impact). This reflects the specifics of demograph-ically declining territories and emphasizes the importance of social support tools;
- the results obtained indicate the need for applying a differentiated approach to regional housing policy, taking into account territorial characteristics, as well as further comprehensive study of the impact of the housing environment on migration processes, entrepreneurial activity, the introduction of digital technologies and the development of social infrastructure;
- promising areas of research include the analysis for the role of housing infrastructure in the formation of labor mobility, the retention of innovative capital, increasing environmental and energy efficiency of housing, as well as introduction of more comprehensive assessment methods taking into account socio-psycho-logical factors and subjective assessments of the population.
Leyla A. Gamidullaeva, Danila E. Morozov - Penza State University, Penza, Russia