Income security component of the economic security of the region

The main purpose of the study is to develop a methodology for assessing the economic security of the region in the context of income security as the main component. The Russian approaches to the economic security of the region are generalized using the methods of content analysis, its components are highlighted – the state of the socio-economic system, safety, sustainable development, and external and internal threats protection. It is noted that the main criteria for measuring economic security is not the identification and neutralization of threats, but the maintenance of a decent standard of living and the availability of necessary and sufficient resources to ensure it. The author's hypothesis is that income security is a reflection of the level of economic security of the region. A regional index of economic security is developed. The quantitative measurement of the level of economic security of the region is based on data for 81 regions of the Russian Federation for the period from 2010 to 2019; the calculations were carried out using the methods of statistical analysis. Analysis of the level of economic security of the regions in terms of income security reveals a number of contradictory points that emphasize the differentiation of regions by the level of socio-economic development. Calculations show that subsidized regions are the leaders of economic security, while industrially developed regions are rated below average. Based on the results, it was concluded that the lag in the level of wages and pensions does not determine the correlation between the level of economic development of the territories and the level of income of the population.