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The inequality of the quality and standards of life of the population of the regions

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  • Vyacheslav Bobkov

    (All-Russian Center of living standards)

  • Aleftina Gulyugina

    (All-Russian Center of living standards)

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the problem of inter-regional inequalities in the quality and level of life of the population of Russia, representing an internal threat to the economic security of the country. With this purpose, on the basis of the classification of the various characteristics of social inequality the authors provide an assessment of the inter-regional differentiation in the quality and level of life of the population of Russia at the present stage. In this paper, the authors examine the system of socio-economic indicators, which allows to highlight the role of each subject in the processes that determine the overall picture of the inter-regional inequality. There are national and international methodological approaches for determining of social inequality in its different manifestations lay in the basis for the formation of a system of indicators. The research instruments of the inter-regional inequality are the generally accepted methods of economic-statistical analysis. Also there is an estimation of the territorial differences in the quality and level of life of the population of Russia in this article. The authors present a classification of regions from a position of used features of the social inequality, defined socially disadvantaged subjects. The result of the work is aimed at the alignment of the quality and standards of life of the population of Russia, which will contribute to the reduction of internal threat to the security of the country. The overall conclusion is that the signs of social disadvantage inherent in the regions with different levels of economic development. To ensure the economic security of the country it is necessary to align the situation of inequality in the quality and level of life of the population not only due to the economic growth of the underdeveloped regions, but also due to the improvement of the distribution incomes policy in subjects of the Russian Federation with different levels of economic development.

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  • Vyacheslav Bobkov & Aleftina Gulyugina, 2012. "The inequality of the quality and standards of life of the population of the regions," Economy of region, Centre for Economic Security, Institute of Economics of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, vol. 1(2), pages 170-178.
    • Handle: RePEc:ura:ecregj:v:1:y:2012:i:2:p:170-178
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