Studying the Factors Affecting the Generation of Human Capital in the Russian Federation

The key parameter that determines the competitiveness of modern organizations, regions, countries and individuals is the level of formed and accumulated human capital as an integral assessment of the investment result in the stock of knowledge, skills, physical health, innovative potential. In recent years, the study of trends in the formation and effective use of human capital in the Russian economy has become particularly relevant in complex studies. The purpose of this study is analysis of the factors affecting the human capital formation in the Russian Federation. The study methods include statistical and dynamic analysis, synthesis. The information and empirical base of the study included the materials of the Federal State Statistics service, analytical materials of research institutes, materials of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE). As a result, there were revealed the quantitative characteristics of the human capital of the Russian Federation, necessary for the analysis and determination of effective actions aimed at the formation of human capital in the Russian environment, taking into account the sectoral and regional characteristics of the competitiveness of personnel, enterprises, industries, regions. Furthermore, the identification of the institutional environment factors that determine significant long-term changes in the quality of human capital was carried. The analytical study of the main factors of human capital formation identified the key problems of the process: the reduction of the natural population growth level, the population health (the increase in the number of patients with serious socially significant diseases), the low level of organization innovative activity and insufficient funding for research and development, sectoral and territorial differentiation in payment for labour and as a consequence the unbalanced distribution of labour resources.

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