Semenovich I. N.

Relevance. Ensuring economic security is a priority for the state, with the labor market being a key element. Growing regional disparities, structural changes, and the challenges of digital transformation necessitate the development of modern tools for the comprehensive assessment and monitoring of threats in the sphere of employment. Purpose of the study is to develop and test an original methodology for assessing labor market indicators that characterize the state of economic security at the regional level. Methodology. The research is based on a systemic approach, which includes building a hierarchical system of weighted indicators, their normalization, calculating an integral index, and using cluster analysis for an objective classification of regions by security level. The methodology integrates the ILO's «decent work» concept. Results and conclusions. Testing the methodology on data from 2003—2024 revealed significant regional differentiation. The leaders are resource-industrial enclaves and post-industrial centers, while the highest risks are concentrated in depressed industrial regions. Negative trends related to the growth of informal employment and declining labor productivity were identified. An additional analysis of digital transformation strategies showed high risks of IT staff shortages in 44.7 % of the regions. Application area. The research results can be used by state and regional authorities to develop differentiated labor market policies, support managerial decision-making, and neutralize threats to economic security.

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that labor market research is closely related to ensuring the economic security of the country and its regions. Much attention to these issues is explained by the fact that the labor market is an integral part of the economic system of the regions and the country as a whole. And business demography indicators are socially significant indicators that can be used to judge national well-being, stability and effectiveness of economic transformations in the labor market. The purpose of the study. To study the labor market as an object of ensuring economic security based on business demography indicators. Methodology. The work uses methods of structural and functional analysis, multidimensional statistical and comparative analysis, traditional methods of economic analysis and synthesis. Results and conclusions. To ensure the economic security of the labor market, it is necessary to coordinate the parameters of economic security with the fundamentals of state, regional and municipal policy in the field of security and socio-economic development of the Russian Federation by studying business demography indicators that contribute to the formation of strategic development goals and the realization of the interests of small and medium-sized businesses, and their activation can be considered as a key factor in ensuring the desired the level of economic security. The scope of application. The practical significance of the study is due to the possibility of using the results obtained in the practical activities of public authorities within the framework of the formation of an institutional environment in the field of economic security.

The relevance of the topic. Despite the fact that there is currently a large pool of scientific research in the field of labor market research and, separately, economic security at the macro, meso- and micro levels, the economic security of the labor market is a fairly new and relevant area of research. Goal. To characterize the system of views on the process of ensuring economic security for the labor market. Methodology. The labor market has gone through a long path of evolutionary development and differs in a variety of worldview approaches, methods and research tools. The key scientific approaches were used: system, logical and process. The main methods of scientific knowledge were: comparison, analysis and generalization. The information base was made up of scientific publications on the relevant research profile, as well as open sources on the Internet. Results and conclusions. The labor market is considered not only an object of economic security, but also a factor that expresses the impact on its condition. The scope of application. Subjects and objects of the labor market of the Russian Federation.