Underutilization of Labour Force: Methodological Approaches to Measurement and Statistical Analysis

Abstract

The Object of the Study. The problem of underutilization of labour force in the context of the present-day labour market. The Subject of the Study. Category of underutilization of the labour force: indicators, components, methodological aspects of formation and measurement.The Purpose of the Study. Calculating the components of underutilization of labor force in the Russian Federation. Identify the sociodemographic characteristics of people falling into the category of underutilization of the labour force.The Main Provisions of the Article. The author has revealed methodological approaches to the measurement of underutilization of labour force, the quantitative and qualitative aspects of this phenomenon, analyzed international statistics using ILO data, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya conducted calculations of the components of underutilization of labour in the Rossiyskaya Federatsiya using Rosstat microdata, identified the key sociodemographic characteristics of the people in the category of underutilization of labour (potential labour force, working insufficient hours and people with insufficient or excessive education), and outlined the key problems of underestimation of this phenomenon.