LIVING LEVEL: REGIONAL DIFFERENCES (BY EXAMPLE OF SIBERIAN FEDERAL DISTRICT)

The article is devoted to the consideration of the methodological framework for assessing the differences in the living level of the population in the regions. According to the authors' study, the existing regional classifications for the most part do not presuppose a comparative analysis of the situation in the territories at the federal level and a dynamic assessment of its change. This circumstance prompted the authors on the idea of creating their own unique methodology that makes it possible to compare the situation in the regions with the federal level in the static and dynamic sections. It also allowed forming the corresponding two-dimensional typology of regions, which enables to specify the situation in the territory at the federal level, depending on how its indicators change in absolute terms (statics) and relative estimates (dynamics). This method was tried out using the example of the data on the development of the regions of the Siberian Federal District for the period 2003-2013 (13 years). The results of this study let us conclude that the majority of the SFD regions have a marked lag in living level from the other subjects of the Russian Federation within the framework of both analytical sections (in absolute and relative terms). In some regions, the situation varies considerably. (c) 2018 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK