ГЕНЕЗИС НАУКОВОЇ ДУМКИ ЩОДО СУТНОСТІ РИНКУ ПРАЦІ

Abstract

n modern transitional conditions, the labor market is one of the most important, complex and changing elements of the economy at the micro, meso and macro levels. Its specificity is explained not only by the fact that the interests of employer and employee are intertwined, working conditions, employment and wages are formed, but also by the fact that the labor market is a generalized indicator of a wide range of socio-economic phenomena and social development processes. The purpose of this article is to study the genesis of the essence of the labor market. Since economic categories are historical in nature, their essence and interpretation is determined by the socio-historical conditions of a certain stage of human development, it is important to understand what meaning representatives of leading economic schools saw in the labor market. It is important to reveal this content through the prism of the dominant socio-economic ideas of the period and in the context of the basic concepts of the relevant economic schools and areas. Studing the genesis of scientific thought about the essence of the labor market allows to form a comprehensive multidimensional understanding of this concept and its features in today's changing world. The essence, functions, conditions of the labor market formation and functionation are marked by significant controversy, es-pecially in historical retrospect. Therefore, the development of theoretical and methodological foundations for the functioning of the modern labor market requires studying the genesis of formation of scientific thought about its content. V.N. Tarasevich says: “To show the genesis of category means, firstly, to determine its genetic basis, origin, sources; secondly, to highlight the stages of its movement, the levels that characterize the process of its deployment from the essence to increasingly specific forms”. A review of the genesis of the essence of the category "labor market" in the main economic schools found that it is a dynamic socioeconomic system, which in historical development undergoes significant changes, evolves, and therefore its development is reflected in changing approaches to definition.