Research dynamics and structure of the unemployed population in Ukraine

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the number of unemployed in Ukraine. In the article it is determined that the socio-economic development of the country is characterized by the level and quality of life of the population, that the acquisition of goods and the satisfaction of material, intellectual and spiritual needs depends on the offer of appropriate life goods in the market of goods and services, as well as the possibility of earning a person of working age. The author analyzed literary sources and distinguished domestic and foreign researchers who were engaged in the analysis of employment and unemployment. The article also substantiates the relevance of studying the unemployment rate in the country. The main purpose of the paper is to identify trends in the number of unemployed in Ukraine and its Regions. The methodological basis of the article is scientific works, materials of periodicals, Internet resources, regulatory legal acts and data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the State Employment Center of Ukraine and the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine. The article presents the categorical apparatus in accordance with the methodological provisions on the classification and analysis of the economic activity of the population. The author analyzes the unemployment rate, the number of unemployed, the number of registered unemployed in the country for 2000-2019 years and compared with indicators of population and the number of economically active population of the corresponding period. The article presents data on the number of unemployed in a monthly context, as well as by professional groups for the period March 2019 – March 2020. The author presents an analysis of the structure of the number of unemployed in the regions of Ukraine relative to the number of unemployed in the country.