Abstract: Relevant trend in studying human capital is the determination of factors that affect its state and dynamics, among which is the type of settlement. The article explores the problems of formation and development of human capital characteristic to city and rural locality. The highlighted types differ in their socioeconomic and other conditions that affects the process of reproduction of human capital, and correspondingly its qualitative and quantitative parameters, as well as promotes uneven distribution of this resource to the benefit of the city. Demographic trends, level of education, employment and unemployment rate, salarie, etc. are examined in the context of city and rural locality, indicating a more favorable situation in city due to concentration of opportunities for the formation, development and efficient usage of human capital. Differences in living standards, opportunities for personal fulfillment, and other related to the type of settlement comprise a set of factors that contribute to consistency of the highlighted peculiarities of reproduction of this type of resource, and consolidate the advantages of city against rural locality.

Abstract: The studies of human capital do not lose their relevance due to its continued contribution to national wealth and its role in socioeconomic development. Affecting the formation and realization of human capital, the scientific and technological progress imposes new demands on its content, which gives an impetus for studying its transformations. One of such trends is digitalization, in the context of which successfulness depends on the skills in using respective technologies in work and everyday life. The research is based on the analysis of individual statistical indicators of development of the digital economy in the Russian Federation, as well as studies dedicated to transformation of the content and forms of human capital. The data analysis testifies to the development of information and communication infrastructure, as well as the personal and business use of opportunities offered by the Internet. Changes in the content of human capital include the emergence of new elements in form of digital competencies, development of its online presence, virtualization of social capital that meets the demands of current socioeconomic development.