Three Levels of Digital Inequality of the Population in the Financial Sphere

Elena I. Brichka () and Yuliya S. Evlakhova ()
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Elena I. Brichka: Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
Yuliya S. Evlakhova: Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation

Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal, 2023, issue 6, 93-109

Abstract: The article examines the problems of digital inequality in the financial sphere at three levels. The purpose of the study is to characterize and assess (quantitatively or qualitatively) the digital inequality of the Russian population in the financial sphere (at each of the three levels). The achievement of the research goal is ensured by using the index method, methods of graphical analysis, as well as comparative analysis of empirical data. The result of the work is the developed index of the first-level digital inequality in the financial sphere, which allows to give an aggregate assessment. The calculated values of the index confirm the conclusions about the steady decline in the Russian economy of the first-level digital inequality in the financial sphere. As for the second-level digital inequality, the following results were obtained: In 2021, a significant part of the Russian population possessed such basic skills as sending files via e-mail and messengers, working with a text editor and copying or moving files; the share of the population possessing advanced skills increased, while the availability of basic and standard digital skills remained virtually unchanged; the level of digital literacy does not affect the population’s activity in ordering financial services online. A list of digital financial skills has been formulated, which can be assessed in further analysis of the second-level digital inequality. The theoretical description of the third-level digital inequality led us to conclude that to better understand this level, an expanded analysis is required, as well as progress in overcoming the digital gaps of the first and second levels.

Keywords: digital inequality; digital technologies; digital skills; digital competencies; digital inequality index; financial market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G20 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.31107/2075-1990-2023-6-93-109

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