Институт экономики Карельского научного центра РАН представлены результаты социологического опроса, проведенного на отдаленных территориях Республики Карелия в 2013-2014 гг. исследованы качество, доступность и потребность в социальных услугах, определен уровень оказания социальных услуг, представлена эмпирическая модель социального обслуживания. в рамках исследования оценен эффект от внедрения ряда инноваций в работу центров социальной помощи. К л ю ч е в ы е с л о в а: социальные услуги, качество, доступность, потребность, безбарьерность, низкопороговость, эмпирическая модель социального обслуживания, социальные инновации.

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The article deals with issues related to the human capital of the male population of a depressed sub-Arctic region. The empirical background for the study is data from a sociological survey of 777 men aged 18 to 49. The aim was to evaluate the social wellbeing and health of the male population of the Republic of Karelia, to which end the statistical methods of multivariate data analysis were employed. To quantify the respondents’ social wellbeing and health we designed an integral index based on characteristics of the demographic structure, marital status, family accord, health status, parent-child relationships, deviations, employment. Four levels of men’s social wellbeing and health were distinguished: poor; unsteady; good; steadily good. The conclusion is made that the social wellbeing and health of men correlate with their marital status – divorced men experience poor social wellbeing and health issues far more often than married men, with a consequence being a reduced working capacity as a result of human capital degradation.

This study uses theories on trust and opportunism to investigate the economic behaviour and business practices of enterprises in the Republic of Karelia, one of Russia's northern territories. Three enterprise types that have emerged during transition period in the Republic ("passives", "realists" and "innovators") have been identified on the basis of this analysis. Furthermore, both formal and informal market institutions in the Republic of Karelia were found to be underdeveloped, which creates numerous possibilities for opportunistic behaviour, both by authorities and by business actors. This, in turn, stimulates the creation of informal business networks and the use of particularly cautious business practices. The study is largely based on the results of a standardised survey and in-depth interviews conducted with the heads of 100 enterprises operating in the Republic of Karelia. The interviews were conducted in June and July of 2004 by the Institute of Economics research group in the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.