Spatial Distribution of Human Capital in the Regions of Russia: an Assessment of Changes

Over the past decade, a large number of studies have been carried out on the problems of developing regional human capital. Basically, these studies touched on the issues of assessing the intellectual capital of the region and improving the quality of labor resources through the development and modification of the education and health care system. At the same time, the question of the conceptual component of the development of regional human capital is still open, that is, at present there is no single and generally accepted interpretation of the concept of regional human capital and the human development index is considered to be an indicator that allows assessing human capital. The spatial distribution of human capital in the regions of Russia within the framework of this work is defined as the concentration of human capital or the change in the value of the human development index in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. To assess changes in the spatial distribution of human capital in the regions of Russia, the authors determine the algorithm for its assessment, then analyze statistical data on changes in the human development index in the regional context, and also assess the spatial change in the indicators of the human development index in administrative-territorial units of the federal submission.

human capital, human development index, education index, income index, longevity index