| In the section | Review, Discussion, Criticism |
| Title of the article | Modeling and Assessment of the Quality of Life in Macro-Regions of Russia Based on the Methodology of Quality Economics |
| Pages | 170-186 |
| Author 1 | Vladimir Valentinovich Okrepilov Academician of the RAS, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Research Supervisor Institute for Regional Economic Studies RAS 38 Serpuhovskaya St., St.-Petersburg, 190013, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0003-0830-2081 |
| Author 2 | Natalya L’vovna Gagulina Candidate of Sciences (Physico-Mathematical), Associate Professor, Leading Research Fellow Institute for Regional Economic Studies RAS 38 Serpuhovskaya St., St.-Petersburg, 190013, Russian Federation This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0003-3098-789X |
| Abstract | The article touches upon the pressing topic of changes in the quality of life in connection with the rapid increase in instability of economic development caused by the exacerbation of key problems in the main areas of human life: economic, social, and environmental. The purpose of this study was to model and obtain quantitative estimates to analyze modern changes in the quality of life of the population. The methodology of quality economics for modeling and assessing the quality of life was selected and justified, and a comparative analysis of changes in the quality of life at the regional level was performed. When constructing a model for assessing the quality of life, the principles and basic provisions of a multi-level quality management system were taken as a basis. A system of indicators in which a generalized indicator of quality of life acts as a result of integral indicators: medical and demographic conditions, socio-economic well-being, comfort and safety of the living environment, was developed. Analysis of the results of the modeling showed that the positive dynamics of the quality of life in Russian macro-regions is characterized by a slowdown in growth rates towards the end of the period under study, and the growth rate of the quality of life in 2020 becomes negative. The obtained quantitative results are in good agreement with expert assessments of the manifestations of economic instability observed in practice, the most striking of which was the coronavirus pandemic |
| Code | 332.055.2 |
| JEL | R11, R15, O11 |
| DOI | https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2023.4.170-186 |
| Keywords | quality of life, macro-region, assessment, Quality Economics, modeling, management, Russia |
| Download | SE.2023.4.170-186.Okrepilov.pdf |
| For citation | Okrepilov V.V., Gagulina N.L. Modeling and Assessment of the Quality of Life in Macro-Regions of Russia Based on the Methodology of Quality Economics. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2023, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 170–186. https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2023.4.170-186 (In Russian) |
| References | 1. Akindinova N.V., Avdeyeva D.A., Kondrashov N.V., Misikhina S.G., Smirnov S.V. Macroeconomic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Zhurnal Novoy Ekonomicheskoy Assotsiatsii = Journal of the New Economic Association, 2021, no. 4 (52), pp. 239–246. (In Rus-sian). 2. Burak P.I., Zvorykina T.I. Standardization Mechanisms in the Planning of Sustainable Development and Resilience of Russian Cities. Vestnik RAEN [Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences], 2021, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 68–72. (In Russian). 3. Dmitriev V.V., Kaledin N.V. Russian Northwest: An Integral Assessment of the Conditions of Regional Social, Environmental and Economic Systems and Quality of Life. Baltiiskii Region = Baltic Region, 2016, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 125–140. (In Russian). 4. Gagulina N.L. Modeling the Quality of Life Taking into Account the Regional Characteristics of the Transformation of Economic Development. St. Petersburg, 2022, 205 p. (In Russian). 5. Gorbashko E.A., Titova A.V., Vershinina J.V. Sustainable Development and the Quality of Life: From Ecology to an Efficient Model of Production and Consumption. Standarty i Kachestvo = Standards and Quality, 2019, no. 1, pp. 46–51. (In Russian). 6. Interdisciplinary Study of the Processes of Transformation of Socio-Economic Space and Territorial Development of Russian Regions. Edited by V.V. Okrepilov. S.V. Kuznetsov. St. Petersburg, 2021, 469 p. (In Russian). 7. Korshunov I.V. The Problems of Sustainable Development in Regional Strategies of the Northwest Federal District. Ekonomika Severo-Zapada: Problemy i Perspektivy Razvitiya = Economy of the North-West: Problems and Prospects of Development, 2023, no. 1 (72), pp. 8–17. (In Russian). 8. Losin L.A., Solodilov V.V. The Evolution of the Structures of Urban Settlement in Russia (On the Example of the St. Petersburg Urban Agglomeration). Ekonomika Severo-Zapada: Problemy i Perspektivy Razvitiya = Economy of the North-West: Problems and Prospects of Development, 2020, no. 4 (63), pp. 130–140. (In Russian). 9. Medzhidov Z.U. Influence of New Coronavirus Infection on the Unemployed in the North Caucasian Federal District. Vestnik Chelyabinskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta = Bulletin of Chelyabinsk State University, 2021, no. 3 (449), issue 72, pp. 126–134. (In Russian). 10. Minakir P.A. Economic Development ‘Trapped’ in Economic Growth: The Case of the Russian Far East. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2021, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 7–15. https://dx.doi.org/10.14530/se.2021.4.007-015 (In Russian). 11. Okrepilov V.V., Gagulina N.L. Development of Estimating Quality of Life of Regional Population. Zhurnal Ekonomicheskoy Teorii = Russian Journal of Economic Theory, 2019, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 318–330. https://dx.doi.org/10.31063/2073-6517/2019.16-3.1 (In Russian). 12. Okrepilov V.V., Gagulina N.L. The Analysis and Modeling of Quality of Life Assessment of the Region’s Economy on the Conceptual Basis of Economics of Quality. Ekonomika Severo-Zapada: Problemy i Perspektivy Razvitiya = Economy of the North-West: Problems and Prospects of Development, 2022, no. 2 (69), pp. 100–105. (In Russian). 13. Okrepilov V.V., Shmatko A.D., Gagulina N.L. Quality of Life Database (Database for Building a Quality of Life Model). Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science ‘Institute of Problems of Regional Economy of the Russian Academy of Sciences’. Certificate of Registration of the Database 2021622426, 09.11.2021. Application No. 2021622344 dated 28.10.2021. (In Russian). 14. Ovchinnikov O.V., Orlova V.V. Quality of Life as an Object of Study. Especially in the Arctic. Vestnik Nauki Sibiri [Bulletin of Siberian Science], 2018, no. 4 (31), pp. 70–81. (In Russian). 15. Popova L.N., Mikhaylova A.V. Management of Increase Factors of Quality of Life (On the Example of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation). Fundamentalnye Issledovaniya [Fundamental Research], 2016, no. 4-3, pp. 662–667. (In Russian). 16. Salimova T.A., Guskova N.D., Ivanova I.A. Methodological Approach to Assessing the Level of Maturity of Sustainable Competitiveness of an Innovative Industrial Cluster. Organizator Proizvodstva = Organizer of Production, 2022, no. 30, no. 4, pp. 149–164. (In Russian). 17. Ural Federal District: Six Months in a Pandemic. Edited by Yu.G. Lavrikova. Ekaterinburg: Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2020, 86 p. (In Russian). 18. Vaganova V.A., Sharkova A.V. Geo-Urbanism Functions in Providing Community’s Welfare Under the Conditions of Establishingdigital Ecosystems. Peterburgskiy Ekonomicheskiy Zhurnal = St. Petersburg Economic Journal, 2021, no. 3, pp. 6–13. (In Russian). 19. Zamyatina M.F. Problems and Prospects of Sustainable Development of the Russian Regions in the Context of Geopolitical Turbulence. Ekonomika Severo-Zapada: Problemy i Perspektivy Razvitiya = Economy of the North-West: Problems and Prospects of Development, 2023, no. 1 (72), pp. 27–39. (In Russian). |
| Financing | The research was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation No. 23-28-10090 and a grant from the St. Petersburg Science Foundation with the support of the Government of St. Petersburg at the Institute of Regional Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Submitted | 18.07.2023 |
| Approved after reviewing | 27.10.2023 |
| Accepted for publication | 30.10.2023 |
| Available online | 27.12.2023 |