Transformation of regional labor markets during the pandemic crisis
Abstract. The relevance of the study is due to the need to analyze the ongoing changes in the labor market in the Russian regions during the pandemic as a basis for the development of stabilizing public policy measures. The purpose of the study is to identify regional trends in the Russian labor market formed in the context of the pandemic crisis, as well as to develop recommendations on the choice of tools for regional post-crisis recovery policy. The scientific novelty of the research consists in revealing transformation directions of regional labor markets in Russia during the pandemic crisis, as well as in determining the potential of new managerial technologies to ensure their balanced development. The authors systematized prerequisites for the transformation of the Russian labor market in the pre-pandemic period and at the stage of active development of the pandemic. The directions of regional transformations of the Russian labor market under the influence of the pandemic are assessed, and its positive and negative trends are identified. The regional dynamics of the employed population at the stage of the active development of the pandemic is analyzed, structural shifts are identified, and a new trend in the development of freelancing in the labor markets of Russian regions is substantiated. The conclusion is made about the multidirectional impact of the pandemic on the Russian labor market, which led to its structural transformations in the regions, as well as the expediency of using the potential of new managerial technologies to level the negative manifestations of the pandemic crisis.
Keywords: labor market, region, pandemic, pandemic crisis, unemployment, labor market tension, employment
Highlights:
♦ the analysis of the dynamics of indicators of the development of the Russian labor market in 20192020 has been carried out, the negative pandemic dynamics of the growth of unemployment and the reduction of the number of employed in the regions has been revealed;
♦ specific features of the impact of the pandemic on the development of regional labor markets in Russia are revealed, the formation of new pandemic trends is substantiated;
♦ it is proved that the use of the potential of new management technologies for leveling the negative manifestations of the pandemic crisis will contribute to the accelerated recovery of regional labor markets.
Alexander R. Kalinin, Alexander A. Abalakin - Moscow Financial and Industrial University "Synergy", Moscow, Russia; Ekaterina E. Mirgorod - Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia; Anna F. Beilina - Voronezh State Pedagogical University, Voronezh, Russia