Expert assessment of rural human capital Belgorod region

Issue № 7, 2022, article № 1, pages 5-14

Language: Russian

Original language title: ЭКСПЕРТНАЯ ОЦЕНКА СЕЛЬСКОГО ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКОГО КАПИТАЛА БЕЛГОРОДСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ

Keywords: HUMAN CAPITAL, EXPERT ASSESSMENT, CONDITIONS, RURAL AREAS, BELGOROD REGION

Abstract: The article substantiates the relevance of conducting an expert assessment of rural human capital, which in modern conditions characterized by an increasing level of social exclusion and de-intellectualization of the rural population, as well as the expansion of COVID-19, is an effective impulse to accelerate socio-economic processes and continues to be the most popular resource and determining factor in the formation of the information society. Despite the variety of estimates of human capital, a unified approach to its measurement has not yet been developed. The most difficult problem is the lack of indicators that take into account the peculiarities of the formation and use of human capital in rural areas, which is primarily due to the information "opacity" of data. In addition, the indicators characterizing its qualitative characteristics are important for evaluation. From these positions, the article substantiates a new approach to the analysis of rural human capital, taking into account its main elements: education capital, health capital, social and labor capital and intellectual capital. Comparative and abstract-logical analysis, institutional and systemic approaches, the method of scoring and the method of simplifications were used as research methods. The main result of the study was an assessment of: the general education of rural residents and the state of the education sector; satisfaction of the rural population with their health and the level of medical care; adaptation to rural lifestyle and improvement of cultural level; opportunities for self-realization and the use of professional skills. The study shows a heterogeneous perception of the problems of human capital development by the experts participating in the survey. Some respondents believe that unsatisfactory living conditions in rural areas, the consequences of the pandemic together limit the accumulation of rural human capital, others are convinced that against the background of accelerating digitalization processes, there will be positive changes in its use. In any case, for the gradual transformation of human capital into a significant factor in the development of rural areas, a long-term socio-economic policy aimed at developing the processes of reproduction of human capital with phased implementation in each region of Russia is necessary.

Authors: Zakshevskii Vasilii Georgievich, Merenkova Irina Nikolaevna, Novikova Irina Igorevna, Gavrilova Zoia Vadimovna