Shadow processes in the labor market as a source of threats to the country's economic security

Abstract

The article deals with shadow processes in the labor market, which are a source of threats to the economic security of the country. It is proved that they: reduce the efficiency of the use of labor potential and increase the shortage of labor resources in the economic system; participate in the formation of threats to the financial security of the country; are a factor that increases the risks of legalization of proceeds from crime; contribute to the criminalization of the economy; make it difficult to identify threats to the economic security of the country that arise in the sphere of labor and employment. It is concluded that improving the level of economic security of the country is impossible without measures to reduce the spread of informal employment, hidden wages, illegal migration. Also, in order to effectively identify and neutralize threats to the economic security of the country, it seems appropriate to expand the list of indicators of the sphere of labor and employment used in assessing the level of economic security of the country.