Education and Skills as a Component of Ensuring Russian Competitiveness in the Global Digital Space: Statistical Aspect

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10.2991/aebmr.k.200502.026How to use a DOI?

Keywords

digital economy, statistical study of ICT development, knowledge and skills component, multidimensional classification of countries

Abstract

The article is devoted to the actual topic of analyzing the formation of the information society from the point of view of assessing the level of knowledge and digital skills among the population. The aim of the study is a comparative analysis of indicators of education and the availability of necessary digital skills among the population included in various generalizing international indices and on their basis conducting cross-country comparisons and to assessing Russia’s place in the world community. An analysis of the indicators used revealed two main problems. First, data for most statistical indicators are presented for earlier periods of time, while there is a lack of data for an extensive list of countries, and secondly, many generalizing indexes use expert assessments, which, on the one hand, expand the analytical capabilities of the studied indices, on the other hand, are subjective estimates and can distort the final results. A comparative analysis of countries and an assessment of Russia’s positions were carried out on the basis of the proposed system of indicators using multidimensional clustering methods. As a result of the statistical study, the place of Russia in terms of education and digital skills among the population as the most important components of the formation and development of the information society was determined. The lag of the country from developed countries in terms of the use of Internet services and the population enrollment in higher education is revealed, as a result of overcoming of which the tasks set in the Information Society Development Strategy will be solved.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - S.G. Bychkova
AU  - L.S. Parshintseva
AU  - S.A. Silina
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/05
TI  - Education and Skills as a Component of Ensuring Russian Competitiveness in the Global Digital Space: Statistical Aspect
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern Management Trends and the Digital Economy: from Regional Development to Global Economic Growth” (MTDE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 164
EP  - 170
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200502.026
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200502.026
ID  - Bychkova2020
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