Labor Market Of Single-Industry Cities: Statistical Analysis Of The State And Trends

Abstract

The labor market of single-industry towns is characterized by a number of features. The need of the study is explained by the high degree of dependence level of socio-economic development of territories of this type on changes in its state. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to conduct a statistical analysis of the state and trends characteristic of the labor market of single-industry towns in emerging market countries as exemplified by single-industry towns in the Chelyabinsk region of the Russian Federation. In the process of achieving the research goal, the variety of approaches for interpretation of the concept of “single-industry town” was systematized; the system of criteria reflecting the economic content of the concept of "single-industry town" was analyzed taking into account, on the one hand, the change in their role in the system of urban settlement and, on the other hand, the specific conditions and challenges of urban development in countries with emerging markets. The identified criteria for statistical analysis of the labor market single-industry towns were tested. The statistical analysis of the labor market of single-industry towns revealed a number of its inherent features and trends: a rapid decline in the resident population; an increased level of unemployment compared to the average conditions of the regional labor market and its inevitable growth in the event of modernization of production processes at a city-forming enterprise; narrow production specialization of the labor force, determined by the needs of the key buyer - the town-forming enterprise.