Municipal Statistics Research Articles

Municipal Statistics in the Early Republic: The First District of Lima in 1831

El texto aborda aspectos socioeconómicos relacionados con la ciudad de Lima, durante la República Temprana (1821-1860). Lo que, a partir del estudio sociodemográfico del distrito primero del censo municipal de Lima de 1831, se realiza una caracterización socioespacial durante la tercera década del siglo XIX, un periodo de fuerte inestabilidad socioeconómica, que ofrece una imagen sobre el cambio a través del análisis diacrónico del barrio tercero entre 1824 y 1831. Es decir, de una sola unidad administrativa básica del registro estadístico limeño. Los resultados de ambos muestran que la nueva red de subalternos de la administración local de la República Temprana mantuvo la tradición de conteo poblacional, durante el periodo tardo virreinal con relativa eficiencia, además de generar registros que corroboran las tendencias demográficas y espaciales observadas en censos más completos durante el mismo periodo.

Shift-Share Method in Assessing the Interrelation of Employment Dynamics in Cities and Regions

Purpose of the study. The aim of the study is to analyze the dynamics of employment in major cities of the Russian Federation, including megacities, in the context of rapid innovative development, complex demographic situation, and instability of external migration flows. The research focuses on identifying factors at various levels that affect employment, with an emphasis on the interconnections of cities and regions in the hierarchical “city-region” system. Materials and methods. The paper explores the shift-share method (SSM), which allows decomposing changes in employment with highlighting the influence of the overall dynamics of the regional labor market, industry characteristics, and competitive factors of cities. A multilevel analysis using this method aims to assess the structural-dynamic links of the hierarchically interconnected “city-region” system. The research uses municipal statistics data from 81 cities of the Russian Federation for the period from 2017 to 2021. Based on the concept of sectoral division of the economy, taking into account the functional features of the included industries, the structural-dynamic employment indexes in cities were analyzed across four economic sectors. Results. The application of the SSM method yielded results that allow for a detailed examination of employment dynamics in major cities. The analysis includes the influence of the overall dynamics of the regional labor market, industry characteristics, and competitive factors of cities. The research validates the effectiveness of the shift-share method for the preliminary analysis of employment dynamics in cities with the aim of specifying the significance of the impact on it by industrial and sectoral factors at regional and local levels and their prioritization for further analysis and the development of recommendations for urban economic management. Conclusion. The study highlights the importance of analyzing employment in the context of the urban economy, especially under conditions of rapid innovative development and demographic challenges. The SSM method appears to be an effective tool for preliminary examination of employment dynamics, identifying key factors, and developing management strategies aimed at improving the economic development of Russia’s major cities.

СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЕ РАЗВИТИЕ СТОЛИЧНЫХ ГОРОДОВ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ: ВОПРОСЫ ОЦЕНКИ

The article examines the social and economic development of territorial entities. The authors focus on the metropolitan cities of Russia, i.e., the administrative centers of the entities of the Russian Federation. The article examines the existing economic and legal literature on the problems and prospects of the social and economic development of cities. The existing limitations in the application of certain assessment methods regarding the territorial aspect are outlined. The authors have developed a methodology for multi-criteria assessment of the social and economic development level (SED index) of cities based on the assessment of key components of the social and economic development of metropolitan cities in the Russian Federation. The methodology was tested based on municipal statistics data from 83 metropolitan cities in the Russian Federation. The study covered the period from 2019 to 2021. The findings were assessed by comparing cities ‒ objects of the study, grouped by population size. The analysis demonstrated differentiation in the level of development of metropolitan cities, with the highest dispersion of values observed in the group of big cities with populations ranging from 250 thousand to one million people. Furthermore, the study found the general downward trend in the dynamics of the level of social and economic development of metropolitan cities in the Russian Federation over the studied period. The proposed methodology can be used to conduct studies of the social and economic development of territorial entities, monitor the level of social and economic development of cities, and make effective management decisions to reduce the excessive distance between city development levels.

Foreign practices in municipal governance: experience and features of implementation

The relevance of this article is determined by the growing need to increase trust in state authorities and local self-government on the part of the population of the territories, including the quality of management decisions made that would contribute to the implementation of projects of the best municipal practices for the development of territories. The purpose of this work is to study foreign experience in implementing the best municipal practices, systematize them, and also assess the possibility of their adaptation in Russian reality. In this study, using the example of US municipalities, an assessment was made of the areas for implementing best municipal practices in this country. The article shows the range and variety of areas of implemented best practices in the field of municipal management, highlighting their main groups. The possibilities of adapting foreign experience in the conditions of Russian reality are determined. The article used general scientific research methods. In order to visually present the research results, a data visualization method and a keyword cloud were used. The theoretical basis of the study is based on scientific works of both foreign and domestic scientists dedicated to the area under study. The empirical basis for the study is open sources of municipal statistics, as well as the official information portal — the website of the state of New Jersey, USA. It is concluded that the best municipal practices of the USA and Russia have similarities in determining priorities in their implementation — these are social protection and the interests of citizens. It is proposed to use differences in management systems and the implementation of municipal practices as potentially possible directions for the development of municipal management experience. Along with this, an important role is played by the high-quality exchange of experience and the involvement of proactive citizens and social groups in resolving issues of local importance that directly affect their interests.

ETHNIC ASPECTS OF RURAL MIGRATION IN THE FEDOROVSKY DISTRICT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN

The article examines the ethnic aspects of population migration in rural Bashkiria. The study area, i. e. Fedorovsky district of the Republic of Bashkortostan, is distinguished by a high ethno-cultural diversity of the population with six large ethnic groups living there, namely Tatars, Russians, Bashkirs, Chuvashes, Mordvins and Ukrainians. The methods of research are the analysis of municipal statistics and household books of rural settlements, the study of “genealogical trees”, the questioning of people and the autobiographical interviews. Different data sources were used to analyze the dynamics of rural migration at the level of rural settlements of the Fedorovsky district in the pre-revolutionary, Soviet and post-Soviet periods. It was found that the migration behavior of population depends on the ethnic structure of rural settlements and their geographical location. The ethnic groups represented in the Fedorovsky district are at different stages of U. Zelinsky migration model, which is reflected in the current migration situation in rural settlements. Collected statistical data allowed selective presentation of the post-Soviet structure of the intraregional geography of rural migration of the population of some settlements in the context of the cities close to the Fedorovsky district, i. e. Ufa, Sterlitamak, Salavat, Ishimbai and Meleuz. The final part of the article interprets the results of questioning to describe the mechanism of making a decision on educational migration for residents of three rural settlements with different ethnic structure of population, i. e. Mordovian Kuzminovka, Tatar Deniskino and Chuvash Kiryushino.

Natural resource potential of the region: state and assessment

The purpose of the study is to analyze the state and assess the natural resource potential of the raw material regions of Russia. Relevance. The natural resource potential remains the basis for the industrial development of not only raw materials territories, but also the country as a whole, which is due to huge reserves, high efficiency in the development of non-renewable natural resources, and the needs of the Russian and world markets. The article analyzes their condition, notes their role in the country’s economy and substantiates methodological approaches to the valuation of mining operations. The research methodology consists in summarizing and analyzing information related to the valuation of mining in resource areas. Particular attention is paid to the oil and gas potential of the Ural North. In preparing the article, the following methods were used: statistical, retrospective, comparative and cluster analysis, comparison, grouping, analogy. The information base of this study is the data of federal, regional and municipal statistics. Results. In the course of the study, a characteristic of the natural resource potential was given, and the grouping and ranking of raw material regions in terms of the volume of mining was carried out. The dependence of estimated indicators on the raw specialization of the region is revealed. The special role of oil and gas resources in the country’s economy was emphasized. Methodological approaches to the assessment of the natural resource potential from the point of view of its actual use in the economic activity of the raw material subjects of the federation and municipalities are proposed. Conclusions. Methodological approaches to assessing the natural resource potential of the country’s raw material regions are proposed. Forms of open regional and municipal statistics concerning the production of the gross regional product, the production account by type of economic activity and the volume of mineral extraction were used as indicators of the assessment toolkit.

Tietoliikenneyhteydet ja kuntien mahdollisuudet hyötyä digitalisaatiosta

High-speed telecommunications have a positive impact on the development of regions and municipalities. A poor digital infrastructure can lead to digital exclusion or a digital divide. In Finland, the strategy has therefore been to ensure that everyone has access to high-speed broadband. This article asks what the digital divide between different kinds of municipalities is, and how this divide affects teleworking and the use of telehealth services, for example. Answers are sought through spatial data and statistical analyses based on open municipal statistics from Traficom and Ookla. The results show that the digital divide is verifiable both in the urban-rural dimension and in the development of the telecommunications infrastructure. In the well-connected municipalities, telework and the use of digital health services were more common. Without policy measures, the digital divide would probably be even larger, as Finland has promoted the deployment of fixed broadband as part of regional and rural policy.

Efficiency of large cities: Theory and empirics

The paper assesses the advantages of large cities as places of concentration of economic activity in terms of production efficiency. For this purpose; we made quantitative estimates of the relationship between the size of cities and indicators of productivity. The theory justifies the presence of such relationships by various agglomeration effects; estimates of which have been reduced over the last 20 years as the number of empirical studies has been growing. The calculations are based on Russian municipal statistics; taking into account its limitations. The study has demonstrated that the direction of the relationship between city size and productivity depends on the characteristics of the industry structure of the city economy; which; in turn; depends on the city’s place in the urban hierarchy. A negative relationship is characteristic of highly specialized cities; while a positive one emerges as industry localization declines and diversification of the city economy increases.

Возможности социальных сетей в исследовании особенностей трудовой маятниковой миграции городов-миллионников России

Commuting as a feature of agglomeration processes, and its examination in the context of spatial development becomes relevant. Simultaneously, considering the limited availability of official municipal statistics, new data sources for such a research are necessary. The study aims to explore the possibility of using open data from VKontakte social network to identify and analyse commuting in 14 Russian million-plus cities (agglomeration centres) and 97 settlements (satellites). It is hypothesised that the outflow of labour from a million-plus city is comparable to the influx of labour from satellite cities to replace this outflow. The methods of social media analytics, correlation and comparative analysis, cartographic techniques were applied. The Federal State Statistics Service data and anonymous VKontakte user data obtained in the spring of 2023 were analysed using the author’s computer programme. The analysis showed that the higher the share of citizens of million-plus cities working outside their city, the lower the average share of residents of satellite cities working in agglomeration centres. A negative correlation between the distance from a city of residence to an agglomeration centre and the share of the commuting population was revealed. This finding confirms the presence of a gravity criterion used to determine the boundaries of urban agglomerations according to gravity models. Additionally, a positive correlation between the labour market tension and the share of residents of satellite cities working in agglomeration centres was noted. It was concluded that social media data provides new opportunities for identifying and assessing commuting flows. The research results can be used to further study commuting features, intensity and directions in order to take them into account when creating spatial development strategies.

Analysis of the transport and logistics potentials of the municipality and the formation of strategically significant directions of its development (on the example of the Nizhnevartovsk District of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra)

The subject of research: the transport and logistics infrastructure of the municipality as a component of transport and logistics potential.
 The purpose of research: based on the analysis of the transport and logistics infrastructure to identify the key areas of development of the Nizhnevartovsk district.
 Methods and objects of research: the object of research is the investment potential of the municipality (Nizhnevartovsk district).General scientific methods of cognition were used in the theoretical understanding of theoretical approaches to the content of the concepts of transport and logistics potentials of territories, tabular and graphical methods were used in the analysis of transport and logistics infrastructure of Nizhnevartovsk district, methods of strategic analysis allowed to formulate key directions for the development of its transport and logistics complex. The methodology of the study is based on the analysis of official municipal statistics (presented on the official website of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation) and planning and reporting program documents of the regional and municipal levels.
 Main results of research: the components of the transport and logistics potentials of the territories were identified, as well as indicators of their assessment; the main indicators of transport and logistics infrastructure as the basis of transport and logistics potential were analyzed; strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunities and threats to the development of transport and logistics infrastructure of the district were highlighted.

Settlements' spatial development in the Altai and Tyva republics: a sociological analysis

The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of two regions of Southern Siberia: the Altai and Tyva republics. The purpose of the study was to identify general patterns and individual features of the spatial development of these republics both at the regional and municipal level. The information base for the study was the results of sociological surveys of the population conducted in cities and villages of these two republics, as well as data from regional and municipal statistics of Rosstat. In the sociological research, the methods of questioning, generalization, statistical analysis, graphic analysis were used; to analyze demographic and economic processes, the following methods were used: cartographic, statistical, comparative analysis, forecasting, and specialization identification. Analysis of the demographic trends has shown the possibility of depopulation in the coming years in the Altai Republic and in the long term — in the Tyva Republic. Analysis of the data of sociological surveys demonstrates that for the cities of the Tyva Republic, the problems of communal services are key, and for the settlements of the Altai Republic- economic problems. A subjective assessment of the state and dynamics of the development of industrial enterprises is given, the level of development of small and medium-sized enterprises, promising economic specializations of the regions is estimated. Transport accessibility of cities and villages in the republics is estimated. Economic measures aimed at solving the existing problems and correcting the negative demographic trends are proposed. The results of the work can be used to develop priority measures of regional policy in order to develop the advantages of each of the regions and specific settlements.

International Migration in the Russian Arctic: Scale, Structure and Influence of the Pandemic

The authors consider international migration in the Russian Arctic. The presence of a large-scale mining industry, a complex history of settlement and development, spatial and climatic features affect the migration processes in the Arctic. The study aims to assess the scale and structure of the international migration movement in the Arctic territories, as well as to identify changes caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The analysis is based on the results of population censuses, data from regional and municipal statistics, as well as information from digital databases on the incidence of coronavirus and migration. The article assesses the scale of international migration in the Arctic regions in the 20th – early 21st century. The genesis composition of the population showed that the significance of international migration is especially great for the Arctic territories in Western Siberia. The authors identified changes in the migration mobility of the population under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis of the age and sex composition of migrants and the main migration flows showed that by the end of 2020, the intensity of international migration in the Russian Arctic decreased insignificantly, and in the most remote parts it even increased. Municipal statistics made it possible to identify the most attractive destinations for international migration before and during the pandemic. In 2021, a larger decline in international migratory mobility can be expected. The results obtained can be used to conduct socio-demographic policy and build demographic forecasts for the Arctic territories. Future research should focus on examining the long-term effects of the pandemic on international migration.

ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЕ ПРИМЕНЕНИЕ РЕЗУЛЬТАТОВ РЕЙТИНГОВОЙ ОЦЕНКИ СОЦИАЛЬНО – ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОГО РАЗВИТИЯ МУНИЦИПАЛЬНЫХ ОБРАЗОВАНИЙ РЕГИОНА

In modern economic conditions in some regions of the country, there is a territorial inequality of the socio-economic situation at the level of municipalities. The quality of municipal government, from the point of view of the final result, is considered within the framework of its impact on the socio-economic development of municipal territories, contributing to the improvement of the living conditions of the population in various areas. The article presents the results of a rating assessment of the level of socio-economic development of municipalities in the Belgorod region. Currently, there is a growing interest in information about the socio-economic condition and development of municipal territories within the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. During the study, the methods of system analysis, the tabular method, and economic and statistical methods of analysis were widely used. Taking into account the data of municipal statistics, a set of indicators has been formed, on the basis of which the socio-economic development of municipalities is assessed. A scoring of the level of socio-economic development was carried out according to the data of 2020. On the basis of municipal statistics, intermediate tables were developed, taking into account the information received, the rank of municipalities in the region was calculated in the context of each of the criteria. To determine the rank, we used a scale from 1 to 21, which corresponds to the number of municipal districts and urban districts in the region. The lowest value of each indicator was assigned the lowest rank. Based on the data obtained, it is planned to implement a differentiated approach to the management of municipalities with different levels of socio-economic development, which will make it possible to determine priority areas and instruments of regulatory impact for each group of municipalities.

РАЗВИТИЕ МУНИЦИПАЛЬНОЙ ПРОБЛЕМАТИКИ В ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННОЙ ПОЛИТИКЕ РОССИИ

In the coming years, it is necessary to develop a new strategy for the spatial development of Russia and continue to elaborate the state spatial policy, within the framework of which there should be an increase in the importance of municipal issues. From the author’s point of view, this will be possible when solving a number of conceptual and applied problems. This is a clear articulation of a multi–scale approach in state spatial policy in general and in relation to the formation of the settlement system in particular - a clear statement of goals and objectives at the level of macro-regions, regions (subjects of the Russian Federation), municipalities, determining the balance of these partly inevitably contradictory goals. In order to justify the decisions taken, it is important to radically advance the quality of municipal statistics: the approval of the official methodology for calculating the gross municipal product, the active use of the resources of the Federal Tax Service, ensuring comparability of data on municipalities and subjects of the Russian Federation. In order to transform municipalities into real subjects of spatial development, it is necessary to study, within the framework of the upcoming reform of local self- government, the issues of differentiation of the powers of local self-government bodies of municipalities of different population and type, the expansion of the powers of local authorities, especially large and largest cities, as well as issues of management and strategic planning in urban agglomerations. As part of the development of measures of state support for the development of rural areas and small towns, the author suggests paying special attention to the issues of motorization of the population.

The Digital Dimension of Mobilities: Mapping Spatial Relationships between Corporeal and Digital Displacements in Barcelona

This paper explores the ways in which technologies reshape everyday activities, adopting a mobility perspective of the digital environment, which is reframed in terms of the constitutive/substitutive element of corporeal mobility. We propose the construction of a Digital Mobility Index, quantified by measuring the usage typology in which the technology is employed to enable mobility. Through a digital perspective on mobilities, it is possible to investigate how embodied practices and experiences of different modes of physical or virtual displacements are facilitated and emerge through technologies. The role of technologies in facilitating the anchoring of mobilities, transporting the tangible and intangible flow of goods, and in mediating social relations through space and time is emphasized through analysis of how digital usage can reproduce models typical of the neoliberal city, the effects of which in terms of spatial (in)justice have been widely discussed in the literature. The polarization inherent to the digital divide has been characterized by a separation between what has been called the “space of flows” (well connected, mobile, and offering more opportunities) and the “space of places” (poorly connected, fixed, and isolated). This digital divide indeed takes many forms, including divisions between classes, urban locations, and national spaces. By mapping “hyper- and hypo-mobilized” territories in Barcelona, this paper examines two main dimensions of digital inequality, on the one hand identifying the usage of the technological and digital in terms of the capacity to reach services and places, and on the other, measuring the territorial demographic and economic propensity to access to ICT as a predictive insight into the geographies of the social gap which emerge at municipal level. This approach complements conventional data sources such as municipal statistics and the digital divide enquiry conducted in Barcelona into the underlying digital capacities of the city and the digital skills of the population.

Phenology-based delineation of irrigated and rain-fed paddy fields with Sentinel-2 imagery in Google Earth Engine

ABSTRACT Paddy rice agriculture is practiced in both rain-fed and irrigated ecosystems in the Philippines. However, small farms are prevalent in the region, and current satellite-based mapping techniques do not distinguish between the two ecosystems at farm scales. This study developed an approach to rapidly map irrigated and rain-fed paddy rice in Iloilo, Philippines at 10 m resolutions using Google Earth Engine. This approach used an ensemble of classifiers based on time-series vegetation indices to produce dry and wet seasonal maps for the entire province. Results showed a predominance of rain-fed rice areas in both seasons, with irrigated rice making up only one-fourth of the total rice area. The overall accuracy was achieved at 68% for the dry season and 75% for the wet season based on ground-acquired points and very high-resolution imagery. The two types of paddies were classified at accuracies up to 87%. Furthermore, the land cover maps showed a strong agreement with the municipal statistics. The resultant maps complement current official statistics and demonstrate the prowess of phenology-based mapping to create paddy inventories in a timely manner to inform food security and agricultural policies.

Caída de la esperanza de vida en distritos de Madrid en 2020: relación con determinantes sociales

ObjectiveEstimating the decrease in life expectancy (LE) of the population of Madrid and its districts and its relationship with socioeconomic variables in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. MethodDeath records were obtained from the Municipal Register of inhabitants (Municipal Statistics Service). Based on Chiang II method, life expectancy at birth and at 65 years of age (LEB and LE65) were calculated, as well as their 95% confidence intervals both for men and women and their gross, net and minimum falls for each district in 2020 over 2019, their correlation with some socioeconomic variables distribution and the existence of multiple linear regression explicative models. ResultsIn 2020, deaths in Madrid increased by 46.1% compared with the previous year, the LEB was 79.31 years in men and 85.25 years in women, meaning a decrease of 3.67 and 2.56 years respectively (4.42% and 2.91%). All districts registered decreases in LE, with the largest decrease in men in Tetuan (4.72 years) and in women in Chamartín (3.91 years). The most affected were the southern districts, especially in men. Immigrant and people over 80 years old rates explained 24% of the drop in LE in men, using linear regression model. ConclusionsThe decrease in LE recorded in Madrid and its districts in 2020 is bigger than in Spain (1.6 years), takes us back to values of 2002 (LE65) and 2008 (LEB), has a sharper fall in the south and is territorially unequally distributed, according to socioeconomic variables and being associated with some of them.

Особенности внешнего благоустройства новых городов Бурятии в 1950–1980-е гг.

The article is devoted to the main problems of external improvement of new urban settlements in Buryatia during the period from 1950s to 1980s. The object of the study includes three new towns of the Republic of Buryatia: Zakamensk, Gusinoozersk and Severobaikalsk. The empirical basis of the work is documentary sources from six regional and municipal archives of Buryatia and the Irkutsk Region, municipal statistics, materials from local periodicals. The authors consider such aspects of external improvement as repairing and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, street lighting, greening of public places, street cleaning, etc. They analyze the basic conditions, forms and methods of carrying out work on the improvement of populated areas; identify the difficulties, which the local communities faced in the communal services. They conclude about the influence of the urban planning practice of the late Soviet period on the improvement of the urban environment of new urban areas. The authors show that municipal services did not have enough resources to organize the required level of landscaping and sought to compensate for these shortcomings by attracting city-forming enterprises and expanding the practice of public initiatives.

Rotation system as the basic source of workforce for the development of oil and gas resources of the arctic polar regions

The purpose of the study is to analyze the use of the rotation system in the development of oil and gas resources in the Arctic region using the example of its polar municipal regions. Relevance. The depletion of the main hydrocarbon reserves in the previously developed areas of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug led to a shift in industrial development to new sparsely populated areas located beyond the Arctic Circle characterized by extreme natural conditions and with significant potential of natural resources that are attractive to investors. The absence of local labor resources in the regions of development and the low qualification level of local labor resources demanded that they be attracted from other regions using a rotation system. The research methodology consists in the generalization and analysis of information regarding the application of the rotation system in the studied areas. The main methods were statistical, retrospective analysis, comparison, groupings, averaging, and analogy. The information base of this study is data from regional and municipal statistics. Results. In the course of the study, the expediency of using a rotation system as the main method was confirmed, which has no alternative, the method of attracting labor force in the development of oil and gas resources in extreme polar regions. The need for shift personnel for the basic and infrastructure industries at various stages of the development of mineral deposits from the initial (pioneer) stage to their permanent operation has been identified. The characteristic of the natural-resource and socio-economic potential of the attractive Yamal region in terms of investment is given. The special place and its role in the economy of the region are noted, medium-term development prospects are considered. Conclusions. The rotation system of attracting workers to the development of oil and gas resources is generally recognized and used both in domestic and foreign practice. The increase in the share of rotational personnel in the total number of employed in the polar regions is due to their low population density, the lack of local skilled labor and the extreme nature of the natural environment, which prevents the adaptation of the newcomer population to climatic conditions and the creation of a permanent contingent of labor resources.

Specifics and prospects of the Yamal–Nenets Autonomous Okrug labour market in the context of economic and demographic development trends

The paper studies peculiarities of formation and use of the Yamal–Nenets Autonomous Okrug labour potential. The purpose of the study is to identify the specifics of the situation in the regional labour market, its main determinants and development prospects, and to formulate proposals for employment policy corresponding to the peculiarities of the socio-demographic and economic situation. The paper is based on state labour statistics, municipal statistics, information of the Federal Register of Disabiled Persons, and the Rosstat population surveys data. To solve the research tasks the author uses methods of descriptive statistical analysis, as well as clustering methods in application to data characterizing tensions in the labour market of the municipalities of the region. The results of the analysis indicate the high role of migration in the formation of the labour potential of the region. Among the structural features of employment of the Yamal–Nenets Autonomous Okrug are a significant share of shift labour and a high proportion of migrants in the labour force, significant disparities in the structure of employed by economic activity and occupational group, as well as a small proportion of self-employed and entrepreneurs. The author concludes that the problems of the labour market act as an obstacle to the sustainable development of the region.