The assessment of social infrastructure development in the regions of Russian Federation from the standpoint of human capital reproduction

Abstract

The creation of a developed social infrastructure is one of the most important components in the formation and accumulation of human capital in the country. At the same time, the regions of the Russian Federation play a special role in this aspect. The main management decisions on the development of social infrastructure facilities in the territories are developed and adopted at the regional level. Today, there is a high level of differentiation of subjects in a variety of socio-economic indicators, including the main areas of social infrastructure. These areas include education, health, culture and sports, transport, housing, trade, etc. In this study, the author attempts to develop a methodology for forming a rating of regions based on data on the current state and dynamics of the main indicators of these areas in the regions. The main difference between the developed methodology is that it considers not only the current situation of the region in terms of social infrastructure, but also its development over the time period 2010–2018. The rating of the Federal subjects by the level of social infrastructure development was formed and presented based on the results of testing the methodology based on regional statistics. According to the analytical assessment of the rating, all regions of the Russian Federation can be divided into 4 groups: regions with high level, above average level, below average level and low levels of social infrastructure development. As a result, the author confirms the high level of differentiation of regions in this aspect of socio-economic development of the territory. This situation is largely determined by the financial capabilities of the subjects, the main directions of regional policy, geographical location, the state of the economic and social spheres, and others.