Social differentiation as a threat of economic security of the country (case study of Ukraine)

This article analyses, how social differentiation influences economic security of the state. The author justifies selection of the share of the population living below the poverty line as a social differentiation parameter, which is employed for assessment of the degree of the social differentiation impact on the state’s economic security. The author presents the results of the original comparative analysis of the social differentiation impact on the economic security of Ukraine, Russia and Germany.