Characteristics of Labor Demand in the Labor Market: Interregional Comparisons (Based on the Materials of a Sample Survey of Rosstat)

Abstract

The demand in the labor market can be determined using a set of attributes of the need for labor. Currently, the demand for labor is determined on the basis of some information sources. Sample surveys of labor demand conducted by Rosstat make it possible to determine the amount of demand for a specific assessment date. Despite the existing shortcomings of the methodology and information, the survey enabled us to compare the data according to observation time, as well as carry out interregional comparisons. Given the representative nature of the information, we can argue about the objectivity of the comparisons. The purpose of this study was to identify the possibilities of an objective assessment of the need for labor to determine the types and varieties of demand in the regional labor market. We used the statistical data of the sample survey of the labor force conducted by Rosstat in 2018, 2020 as an informational and empirical basis of the study. The study employed theoretical and comparative analysis of the processes of labor demand formation as the most important attribute of demand. We revealed the trends of changes in the one-time demand for labor by the main segments of employees grouped based on the All-Russian classifier of occupations. The study documented the impact of covid-19 pandemic on jobs and labor market. The research determined the scale and conducted a comparative assessment of changes in labor market across the subjects of the Siberian Federal District. A comparative analysis was proposed to identify the place of Irkutsk region in the dynamics of positive changes. The author developed a new typology and put forward a classification of regional types and forms of labor market demand. Survey findings could be used as objective estimates of labor market demand.