Assessment of the social capital impact on the household income of the Russian Federation regions
Purpose of research. The aim of the study is to give a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the impact of social capital on income (income differentiation) of Russian citizens based on the analysis of the theoretical foundations of social capital. Materials and methods. General scientific methods are used to obtain scientific results. The authors propose a methodological approach that distinguishes his study from other economists - is the use in the study of the statistical indicator «the ratio of marriages and divorces» as a characteristic of the state of social capital in Russia. This made it possible to assess the impact of social capital on income differentiation in the regions of Russia. For this purpose, in the expanded production function of Cobb-Douglas, the variable «number of divorces per one thousand marriages» was added to the variable capital-labor ratio of workers and the average level of education of the population employed in the economy of the regions. Also the calculations of the spatial regression equations with the use of official statistics by the Fisher test. The calculations used data from the statistical book «Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators», regressions «weighted», as a weight variable used indicator «the number of employed in the economy of the region of the population». Results. Calculations of spatial regression equations using official statistics are carried out. Given the statistical evaluation of the effect of social capital on the income differentiation of the population in the regions of Russia. Social capital has a significant impact on both income and income differentiation of the population of the Russian regions. Also, calculations show that the frequency of divorce adversely affects the income of the employed population in the regions of Russia. Conclusion. From the calculations and analysis of statistical indicators, it is obvious that social capital in Russia not only does not accumulate, but degrades. This can lead to undesirable consequences in terms of economic development, preventing the movement along progressive trajectories. Therefore, there is an urgent need to envisage a number of measures to accumulate, save and accumulate social capital. Including the strengthening of the institution of the family, which can also make a significant contribution to the creative processes of confidence-building and, accordingly, the growth of social capital.