UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION AS A FACTOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE KURSK REGION
https://doi.org/10.18470/1992-1098-2016-4-209-218
Abstract
Aim. The Kursk region is the central part of European Russia. The region's economy is based on the use of fertile agricultural land. The share of the employed population in agriculture is more than 17%. The flip side is unemployment in rural areas. Basing on the statistical data we analyzed the unemployment situation between 2009 and 2014 in the administrative districts of the region.
Methods. In order to study the problem of unemployment we used methods such as the collection and compilation of statistics, factor analysis, and method of comparison of the data on registered unemployment rate calculated by the ILO and GIS technology for visualization of the results.
Results. Unemployment is a social and economic problem for all sectors of society which is critical for the steady development of the Kursk region. The results of study on the female unemployment among women, young people and rural population show the geographical classification of administrative districts with three main types of unemployment: 1 - predominantly female; 2 - female and youth; 3 - without priorities.
Conclusions. Our results show that during the period under study only 2 regions showed an increase in registered unemployment rate and other areas showed a marked decrease (13 districts) and the stabilization of the situation (13 districts). This typology can be useful for the regional employment services, as it allows to individualize the content of programs to combat unemployment in accordance with its territorial expression by taking into account the needs of specific focus groups for sustainable development of the region.
About the Author
E. N. Dyukanova
Kursk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
postgraduate student of the Department of economic and social geography,
Stepnaya street, 1, 80, Kursk, 305025
References
1. Kapelyushnikov R.I. Obshchaya i registriruemaya bezrabotitsa: v chem prichiny razryva? [General and registered unemployment: what are the reasons for the gap?]. Moscow, State University Higher School of Economics Publ., 2002, 48 p.
2. Florinskaya Yu.F., Mkrtchyan N.V., Maleva T.M., Kirillova M. Migratsiya i rynok truda [Migration and the labour market]. Moscow, Delo Publ., 2015, 109 p.
3. Lazarev Yu. A., Sobolev A.S., Soboleva I.V., Sokolov B. Trial by Fire: A Natural Disaster's Impact on Support for the Authorities in Rural Russia. World Politics. 2014. Vol. 66, no. 4. pp. 641-668. DOI: 10.1017/S00438871140002154
4. Kapelyushnikov R.I., Vishnevskaya N.T. The phenomenon of Russian unemployment: dynamics, structure, specificity. Nauchnye doklady: nezavisimyi ekonomicheskii analiz [Scientific reports: independent economic analysis]. 2003, no. 139, pp. 74-101.
5. Nefedova T.G. Skol'ko nuzhno lyudei na sele? [How many people in the village?]. Demoskop Weekly. 2004. no. 141-142. Available at: http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/2004/0141/tema06.php (accessed: 20.05.2016).
6. Roshchin S.Yu., Zubarevich N.V. Gendernoe ravenstvo i rasshirenie prav i vozmozhnostei zhenshchin v Rossii v kontekste tselei razvitiya tysyacheletiya Gender equality and the empowerment of women in Russia in the Context of the Millennium development goals]. United Nations Publ., 2005, 120 p. Available at: http://www.undp.ru/Gender_MDG_rus.pdf (accessed: 20.05.2016).
7. Karabchuk T.S., Nagernyak M.A. Employment determinants for mothers in Russia. Zhurnal issledovanii sotsial'noi politiki [The journal of social policy studies]. 2013, no. 1, pp. 25-48.Semina O.A. Problems of professional self-determination of youth. Sibirskii pedagogicheskii zhurnal [Siberian pedagogical journal]. 2010. no. 12. pp. 96-101.
8. Dyukanova E.N. Demograficheskaya nagruzka naseleniya Kurskoi oblasti kak kharakteristika rynka trudovykh resursov [The demographic burden of the population of the Kursk region as a characteristic of the labour market]. Auditorium. el. zhurnal KGU [Auditorium. Electronic journal KSU]. 2015, no. 1(5), pp. 1-4.
9. Il'in A.E., Savin D.A., Konorev A.M. Unemployment of the rural population: status and ways to reduce. Vestnik Kurskoi gosudarstvennoi sel'skokhozyaistvennoi akademii [Vestnik of Kursk state agricultural Academy]. 2012, no. 3, pp. 47-49.
Review
For citations:
Dyukanova E.N. UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION AS A FACTOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE KURSK REGION. South of Russia: ecology, development. 2016;11(4):209-218. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18470/1992-1098-2016-4-209-218
Views:
553
Email this article 
