International Journal of Technology | 2026
Authors: Khachatryan K.; Arion F.; Dmitriev N.; Aleksanyan V.
DOI: 10.14716/ijtech.v17i2.8258
Journal: International Journal of Technology
Year: 2026
Publisher: Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia
Document Type: Article
Open Access: All Open Access; Gold Open Access
Cited by: 1
This study evaluates Armenia’s human capital’s sustainable development and its macroeconomic role in socioeconomic consolidation over the period 2000–2024. A six-block composite Human Capital Sustainability Index (HCSI) is constructed to address gaps in integrated diagnostics and is validated using PCA and clustering. The index rises from 0.26 in 2000 to 0.68 in 2023, followed by a correction to 0.60 in 2024, while GDP per capita increases from USD 1,229 to USD 5,378. Synchrony is high: the correlation between HCSI and income is 0.97, and a Granger causality test indicates an “HCSI → income” effect with a two-year lag (p = 0.037). A three-phase trajectory is identified—early stage (2000–2006), transition (2007–2015), and a new cycle (2016–2024)—with income acceleration emerging once HCSI reaches or exceeds 0.60. Digitalization is the principal transmission channel. The share of internet users reaches 80% in 2023, ICT services exports peak at 28.86% in 2020 and stabilize at 18.87% in 2023, and the diffusion of digital technologies supports productivity-enhancing reallocation. The innovation block remains a bottleneck, with R&D expenditures hovering between 0.18% and 0.21% of GDP. The economic implication is a strengthened contribution of human capital to productivity growth and export diversification, notably through information and communications technology (ICT) and other high-value-added services. Policy priorities include scaling digital skills and broadband infrastructure, harmonizing qualification frameworks across sectors, co-financing applied R&D and university-industry projects, lowering mobility barriers for skilled labor domestically and in adjacent markets, and developing interoperable digital platforms for cross-border service delivery. This package raises income resilience, dampens shocks, and supports a stable path of human capital-led growth. © 2026 Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia. All rights reserved.
Cluster analysis; Digitalization; Human capital; Principal component analysis