Arctic labor market: current state and development dynamics

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the labor market in the Arctic districts of Yakutia, which is characterized by uncomfortable living and working conditions. The state of the regional labor market is determined by the historical aspect of the development of productive forces and industrial relations; this disproportion has been traditional since the USSR. Today, the labor market is subject to the negative impact of demographic trends, the difficult epidemiological and economic situation in the country and, as a consequence, the growing tension in the labor market. The labor market, like any system, has its own structure and the study of all its components is necessary to achieve the socio-economic objectives of the state. The purpose of the study was to analyze changes in the labor market in the Arctic disctircts of Yakutia, to identify the specifics, key problems and development guidelines. The work was based on the data from regional and municipal statistics. To solve the tasks set, economic and statistical methods of analyzing the current trends in the labor market, including those related to the crisis phenomena of 2020, were used. The object of the study was the Anabar, Lena, Yana, Indigirska and Kolyma groups of the Arctic disctircts of Yakutia. The results of the analysis indicate a high role of migration in the formation of the labor potential of the Arctic districts, a decrease in the number of employees of enterprises and an increase in the number of unemployed people. The author believes that the problems of the Arctic labor market are an obstacle to the sustainable development of the Arctic zone of Yakutia.