Economic development of human capital and inequality of the regions of the AZRF in the areas of the Karelian Arctic

The economic development of the regions of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation is formed as a result of the mutual influence of the facts of economic and social nature. Human capital in the territories of the Karelian Arctic is of particular importance in the context of human-oriented social development. The main purpose of the study is the assessment of human capital in the areas with the preferential economic and legal regime of the AZRF of the Karelian Arctic. The object is defined by the municipalities of the Republic of Karelia, which are part of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The methodological approaches used to assess human capital in the territories of the Karelian Arctic include the methods of ranking, which allow assessing the impact of some indicators on the development of human capital and conducting the ranking process of the territories under study. The uneven development of the areas of the Arctic zone, revealed in the assessment process, is assessed by using the convergence theorem. The obtained results of differentiation allow us to draw conclusions concerning the low rates of divergence of the Karelian Arctic regions.