Digital Effects and Inequality of People’s Quality of Life in the Globalization Era

Abstract

Research background: Digital transformation are going on both in global economy and within separate states. This phenomenon became known as glocalization. In that respect the analysis of digitalization influence on people’s quality of life in different regions of large-space countries like Russia seems to be actual. Purpose of the article: Basing on calculation of digital component level of people’s quality of life to estimate temporal and spatial effects affecting it, to determine inequality in digital components of quality of life in different regions of Russia. Methods: Digital component of people’s quality of life was computed basing on the authorial Russian regional index including six components. To estimate spatial and temporal effects panel data models were used. Digital inequality was found with the use of R/P 10% ratio, variation ratio and cluster analysisfor 2015–2018. Findings & Value added: The Russian regional index of digital component of quality of life was defined for 85 regions and increased by