Khramova M.N., Ryazantsev S.V. Response of the Russian Labor Market to the First and Second Waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nauchnoe obozrenie. Seriya 1. Jekonomika i parvî [Scientific Review. Series 1. Economics and Law]. 2021. Nî. 3. Ð. 61-73. DOI: 10.26653 ...

Abstract

The  paper  provides  some  results  of  a  study  of  changes  that  have  occurred  in  the  labor  markets  of Russian regions  during the first  and second  waves  of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it is  shown  that  in 2020  —  2021  there  were  transformations  in the  structure of  employment  of the population  of the Russian  regions, for  example,  the  number  of  vacancies  in  the  industries  that were  most severely  affected  by  the  introduction  of  restrictive  measures  in  the  economy  decreased,  the  unemployment  rate  increased  significantly.  The  negative  consequences  of  the  pandemic  in  one  way  or  another manifested  themselves  in  all  Russian  regions.  However,  in  a  number  of  regions,  which  even  before  the pandemic  showed  an  unstable  dynamics  of  socio-economic  development,  the  impact  of  the  COVID-19 pandemic  had a more significant  negative impact. This  indicates  that during a pandemic, divergence processes  have  intensified  in  the  national  economy.  At  the  same  time,  during  the  pandemic,  some  new forms  of employment were developed, associated with the need to switch to a remote mode of  work. We believe that these new  forms  of employment  will  remain  relevant both  in Russian and international practice  even  after  the  end  of  the  pandemic.  The  paper  also  analyzes  the  main  measures  of  state  support  for  the  population,  small  and  medium-sized  businesses,  and  migrants.  It  is  shown  that,  in  general, the measures  of  state support during the pandemic  were timely  and made it possible to avoid the collapse of the national  economy.  It  is  concluded that support  measures  should be  more regionally  differentiated in order  to take into account the specifics  of the economy  of the regions  of  the Russian Federation.