Joint research of the innovative development and quality of life of region on the example of the Far Eastern Federal District

The subject of the study is the socio-economic system "innovative development of region - quality of life of the population". The aim of the work is to identify the degree of relationship between the innovative development and the standards of living of the population in regions. The study is based on the application of standard methods of data collection and processing, correlation analysis and rating assessment. Official data from statistical collections and official sources of rating assessments of the quality of life and innovative development of regions were used as an information base. The analysis and evaluation were carried out on the example of the regions of the Far Eastern Federal District. The results of the rating assessment by the value of the Russian Regional Innovation Index (RRII) showed the leading positions of Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai and the Buryatia Republic. The average value of RRII in the Far Eastern Federal District is almost 2 times less than that of the leader — Moscow and is generally characterized by a low level of innovative development. According to the latest data of the Human Development Index (HDI) rating, Russia ranks 52nd among other countries of the world. The results of a comparative assessment of the subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District with the HDI levels of other countries are presented in the article. It was found out that three leaders (Sakhalin Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai and Kamchatka Krai) have higher values of the Quality of Life Index (QLI) than in Russia as a whole, and six regions of the Far Eastern Federal District are characterized by an average level of the quality of life of the population. The results of the correlation analysis showed a moderate degree of relationship between the RRI and the QLI, that allows us to use standard regression formulas for modeling predictive estimates of the impact of innovative development on improving the level and quality of life of the population in regions.