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Quality of living" and "standard of living" are closely connected social-economic categories largely which determine the social-economic efficiency and development of any country. The purpose of the study was to assess the quality of living of the population of Russia and identify ways to improve it. To minimize the gap of the standard of living between Russia and developed market economies it is necessary to take targeted measures by the state. This should be preceded by a definition of the actual state of the quality of living and its compliance with the indicators adopted in official estimation. Therefore, the study was aimed to identify deviations of real values of the quality of living from the calculations used in practice, as well as to search for the methods used by developed economies and appropriated to Russia. The methods used for the study were analysis of the structure of expenses for the living support of a low-paid category of employees, interviewing to define the satisfaction with the quality of living, comparative analysis of Russian and foreign methods of calculating the minimum salary and consumer basket. The results were taken as the basis for substantiating ways to improve the quality of living of the population of our country.
The citizens of any country in the world dream of living in a prosperous country, where the high level and quality of life of all its inhabitants, not just the rich. In Russia, ordinary people have small requests: to have a favorite job and earn well, have a roof over their heads, get education, raise children, go to resorts every year to improve their health, etc.
The Russian political leadership is aware of these aspirations of the population and is trying to change the situation for the better:“It is investments in people that are the priority of public policy and the priority of state budget expenditures: improving the effectiveness of education systems, health care, pensions, creating incentives and tools for improving living conditions. It is these sectors that should become generators of domestic demand, causing growth in many other sectors - in science, research and development, in industry and infrastructure,“the Government’s Anti-Crisis Program [1].
In this article, the authors have attempted to show why Russia can not yet become a prosperous country, which prevents it from developing the economy and the social sphere in such a way as to meet the criteria of a developed state.
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