Analysis of territorial differentiation of the indicator "Per capita monetary incomes of the population" (on the example of the Central federal district)

The article analyzes the differentiation by territories (using the example of the Central Federal District) of the indicator "per capita monetary incomes of the population" in dynamics for the period 2002-2021. The authors have grouped the regions of the Central Federal District by the size of the average per capita monetary income of the population in 2002 and 2021. According to the results of grouping the analyzed indicator in 2002, it was found that 5 groups of regions were allocated; only one region, the Ivanovo Region, fell into the group with the lowest incomes; three regions are in the group with the highest per capita monetary incomes of the population. Moscow, Moscow and Yaroslavl regions. In 2021, the situation with the distribution of the average per capita monetary income of the population of the Central Federal District regions has changed significantly: 4 regions of the country are located in the group of regions with the lowest incomes - Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Oryol regions. The average per capita monetary income of the population in the Central Federal District was higher than in the whole country - in 2002 by 37.7%, in 2021 - by 36.7%. In 2021 each individual value of the average per capita monetary income of the population in the regions of the Central Federal District differed from the average value of the indicator (36146.4 rubles) by an average of 7815.6 rubles. The coefficient of variation by 2021 has decreased to a value of 38.5%; however, the variation in the values of the studied indicator is still strong. In 2021, the median value of the indicator is 11.8% lower than the average.The differentiation of indicators of per capita monetary incomes of the population is based on the differentiation of indicators of economic development of regions. There is a "vicious circle of poverty" in the Russian economy: a low level of income of the population leads to a low level of consumer spending and savings, this leads to insufficient investment and low rates of capital accumulation, which, in turn, leads to low labor productivity and a low level of per capita monetary income of the population; It is possible to "break" this "vicious circle of poverty" only by using methods of income policy of the population.