Social inequality: hindrance for economic and demographic growth

The article discusses the relationship between structural and functional characteristics of economic inequality, with key indicators of socio-economic and demographic development of Russia as a whole and the individual regions. Identified statistical dependencies let speak about the exceptional importance of inequality in the Russian context. Quantitative index of the interaction of social and economic factors suggests that the factors of excessive inequalities and high relative poverty are crucial in explaining the dynamics of socio-economic and demographic indicators