Structural features of social institutions influencing the development of the digital economy
The article is devoted to the essential understanding of the insti-tutional environment concept. It is proposed to consider the in-stitutional environment as a system of five social institutions that serve for the development of digital economy. The above-mentioned social institutions are legislative, educational, cultur-al, scientifical and employment institutions. The structural fea-tures of each group named before were studied. The authors studied and analyzed the rating of the most well-paid and in-demand professions both for Russian Federation and for the world. The article gives analysis of the indicators of the research project «The Index of Digital Literacy of the Russian Federa-tion». It is concluded that the digital literacy of the population serves as the basis for the stable performance of the ecosystem of digital economy. The influence of digitalization on the employ-ment of labor resources has been studied. The evaluation of em-ployment growth till 2025 according to two scenarios was made. The authors concluded that the transit to digital economy can become a growth factor for many branches of Russian economy.