Analysis of the unemployment rate in the Sakhalin Region (2019–2021)

Abstract

The authors address demographic and economic problems in the Sakhalin Region, which is an island region, the only one of its kind in Russia. The Sakhalin Region includes the island of Sakhalin, the islands of Moneron and Tyuleniy, and the Kuril Islands. The area of the Sakhalin Region is 87.1 thousand km2, including the largest territorial part on the island of Sakhalin, whose area is 78 thousand km2. The unemployment rate on Sakhalin, as well as the effectiveness of measures taken by the local administration and the state to reduce it are analyzed.