FORMING OF LABOUR MARKET OF KHERSON REGION: TENDENCIES AND PERSPECTIVES

Abstract

The article is given the description of level of employment and economic activity of population with division according to the types of economic activity, gender and location, age groups, education and also it is analyzed supply and demand of workers to their professional groups within 2014 – 2018 years. On the base of assessment, it is determined that during the period from 2014 till 2018 the quantity of employed population has been shortened on 8 thousand persons aged 15 – 70 and on 1.300 persons of working age. The level of employment of working age population was 66.3%. Researches proved that shortening of structural indicators of employment touched such kinds of economic activity as: extractive industry and open – cast mines – 50 %, activity in the sphere of administrative and auxiliary exploitation – 25%. The most growth of structural indicators of employment were in the State management and defense, compulsory social insurance – 11.1%. The level of employment of population on the 1-st of January 2018 was 56.2%, employment among men was on 16.8% higher than among women. The level of employment of population that locate in countryside is on 9% higher than in the urban settlements. The level of employment in 2018 was 66.0% for the people with complete higher education, for the people that have incomplete higher education – 59.4% and basic higher education – 53.9%. Workers with professional-technical education are also in demand among employers, their level of employment is 62.5%. The least demanded are the people with primary general education or the people that have not any education – 10.1%. As for demand from the side of employers, it is raised among technical workers, workers in the sphere of trade, services and qualified workers of rural and forest manufacturing, fish-breeding and fishing industry. The analysis of statistics proves that the structure of employment in Kherson region is in opposition to highly developed countries because of the most part of labor potential in comparison with other branches are the branches of material manufacturing. It is observed rather low level of employment of the spheres of service of a person himself: education, health protection, science, social guaranteeing and others.