The Labour Potential of Older Generation: Interregional Analysis
Research Article
Acknowledgments
The publication was prepared with the financial support of the RFBR, RFBR project № 19-29-07352 мк
How to Cite
Ryazantsev S.V., Nioradze G.V. The Labour Potential of Older Generation: Interregional Analysis. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2022. Vol. 18. No. 1. P. 107-119. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/lsprr.2022.18.1.9 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The article is devoted to the labor potential of the older generation, which is considered from the theoretical, methodological, and empirical perspectives. The relevance of studying the labor of the elderly is associated with the search for an employment reserve in the context of a shrinking working-age population and demographic aging. The concept of "labor potential" has been developed since the 1980s, as a result, the existing approaches to this concept can be divided into descriptive (data description) and transformative (using indices). The transformative approach based on the concept of ISESP RAS and VolRC RAS was adapted for the study of the older generation and for the RLMS database. The concept is based on a “tree of characteristics” (a set of indices), the top of which is “social capacity” (labor potential). To calculate the labor potential, it was necessary to select the available variables in the RLMS questionnaire, the peculiarity of which made it possible to add indices of an active lifestyle and network involvement and at the same time it forced to abandon the indices of creativity, cultural level, and moral level. The calculations made allow us to classify Tomsk, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Novosibirsk region, Vladivostok among the regions with the highest labor potential. The next step was associated with a comparison of the regions with the highest and lowest labor potential, which revealed the main markers (criteria for regional differentiation of the labor potential of the elderly): 1) intellectual potential (participation in educational programs over the previous 12 months, level of education, foreign language skills), 2 ) communicative potential (trust in people in general, management, colleagues and the level of computer skills), as well as the level of employment (regions with a high level of employment of the elderly are characterized by a high labor potential in the older generation). The hypothesis that the gender composition of the region may act as an additional marker was not confirmed, however, the analysis of the age specifics revealed a higher labor potential of the elderly in women than in men.
Keywords:
labour potential, pensioner, old-age worker, older generation, elderly, employment, precarization, precarious employment, active ageing, ageing
References
1. Andreeva E.A., Vishnevskaya M.N. Psychological meaning of work for the inhabitants of the modern city. World of Science. Pedagogy and psychology. 2019. Vol. 7. No. 2. Accessed 03.02.2021. URL: https://mir-nauki.com/PDF/59PSMN219.pdf (In Russ.).
2. Belov V.I., Gorokhov V.F. Male mortality in Russia. Tambov University Review. Series Humanities. 2013. No. 5(121). P. 190-197. (In Russ.).
3. Bobkov V.N., Loktyukhina N.V. Directions of Social and Economic Policy in the Context of the Development of Non-Standard Forms of Employment in the Russian Federation. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2020. Vol. 16. No. 1. P. 21-32. DOI: 10.19181/lsprr.2020.16.1.2 (In Russ.).
4. Gnevasheva V.A. Modern features of the labor market: prerequisites for state regulation. Economics: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. 2020. Vol. 10. No. 6. P. 139-149. DOI: 10.34670/AR.2020.71.57.017 (In Russ.).
5. Kapeliushnikov R. Russia’s human capital: what is its value? : Working paper WP3/2012/06 [Тext]. R. Kapeliushnikov; National Research University “Higher School of Economics”. – Moscow: Publishing House of the Higher School of Economics, 2012. 76 p. (In Russ.).
6. Koritsky A.V. Chelovecheskij kapital kak faktor e`konomicheskogo rosta regionov Rossii [Human Capital as a Factor of Economic Growth in the Regions of Russia]. Sc. ed. by T.V. Grigorova. Siberian University of Consumer Cooperation, 2010. 368 p. (In Russ.).
7. Korchagin Yu.A. Rossijskij chelovecheskij kapital: faktor razvitiya ili degradacii [Russian human capital is a factor of development or degradation?]. Voronezh: TsIRE, 2005. 252 p. (In Russ.).
8. Leonidova G.V. Trudovoy potentsial naseleniya: metodologicheskiye aspekty issledovaniya [Labor potential of the population: methodological aspects of the study]. Territorial development issues. 2013. No. 7. P. 1-7. (In Russ.).
9. Leonidova G.V., Rossoshanskaia E.A., Popov A.V. Monitoring kachestva trudovogo potentsiala: 20 let regional’nykh issledovaniy [Monitoring the quality of labor potential: 20 years of regional research]. Ed. by Doctor of Economics A.A. Shabunova. Vologda: Vologda Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2018. 192 p. (In Russ.).
10. Popov A.V. The quality of labor potential in the Vologda oblast in the context of 20-year observations. Problems of Territory’s Development. 2019. No. 1 (99). P. 87-106. DOI: 10.15838/ptd.2019.1.99.6 (In Russ.).
11. Precariat: the emergence of a new class (collective monograph). Ed. Zh.T. Toshchenko. M.: Center for Social Forecasting and Marketing, 2020. 400 p. (In Russ.).
12. Ryazantsev S. V. Novaya depopulyatsiya v Rossii: novyye vyzovy i puti neytralizatsii [New Depopulation in Russia: New Challenges and Ways to Neutralize]. Chelovek i yego tsennosti v sovremennom mire: materialy XI Mezhdunarodnoy nauchno- prakticheskoy konferentsii [Man and his values in the Modern world: materials of the XI International Scientific and Practical Conference]. Chita, 23-28 September of 2019. Chita: ZabGU, 2019. P. 8-16. (In Russ.).
13. Topilin A.V. The labor potential of Russia: demographic and socioeconomic problems of formation and usage. Vestnik Rossijskoj akademii nauk. 2019. Vol. 89. Iss. 7. P. 736-744. DOI: 10.31857/S0869-5873897736-744 (In Russ.).
14. Toshchenko Zh.T. Precarious Employment is a Phenomenon of the Modern Economy. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya. 2020. Iss. 8. P. 3-13 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009904-7 (In Russ.).
15. Fedorova N.I. Evolyutsiya teoreticheskikh podkhodov k opredeleniyu kategorii "trudovoy potentsial" [Evolution of theoretical approaches to defining the category of "labor potential"]. Topical problems of Humanities and Socioeconomic Sciences: collection of scientific papers of the Institute of Innovative Technologies and Public Administration of the MIREA – Russian Technological University. Moscow: Sputnik+. 2019. P. 290-295. (In Russ.).
16. Becker G.S. Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1975. 268 p.
17. Lain D., Airey L., Loretto W., Vickerstaff, S. (2018). Understanding older worker precarity: The intersecting domains of jobs, households and the welfare state. Ageing and Society. Vol. 39. Iss. 10. P. 2219-2241. DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X18001253
18. Milkman R. The Senior Precariat. New Labor Forum. 2018. Vol. 27. Iss. 1. Р. 44-52. DOI: 10.1177/1095796017745283
19. Prekäre Arbeit: Ursachen, Ausmaß, soziale Folgen und subjektive Verarbeitungsformen unsicherer Beschäftigungsverhältnisse.
2. Belov V.I., Gorokhov V.F. Male mortality in Russia. Tambov University Review. Series Humanities. 2013. No. 5(121). P. 190-197. (In Russ.).
3. Bobkov V.N., Loktyukhina N.V. Directions of Social and Economic Policy in the Context of the Development of Non-Standard Forms of Employment in the Russian Federation. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2020. Vol. 16. No. 1. P. 21-32. DOI: 10.19181/lsprr.2020.16.1.2 (In Russ.).
4. Gnevasheva V.A. Modern features of the labor market: prerequisites for state regulation. Economics: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. 2020. Vol. 10. No. 6. P. 139-149. DOI: 10.34670/AR.2020.71.57.017 (In Russ.).
5. Kapeliushnikov R. Russia’s human capital: what is its value? : Working paper WP3/2012/06 [Тext]. R. Kapeliushnikov; National Research University “Higher School of Economics”. – Moscow: Publishing House of the Higher School of Economics, 2012. 76 p. (In Russ.).
6. Koritsky A.V. Chelovecheskij kapital kak faktor e`konomicheskogo rosta regionov Rossii [Human Capital as a Factor of Economic Growth in the Regions of Russia]. Sc. ed. by T.V. Grigorova. Siberian University of Consumer Cooperation, 2010. 368 p. (In Russ.).
7. Korchagin Yu.A. Rossijskij chelovecheskij kapital: faktor razvitiya ili degradacii [Russian human capital is a factor of development or degradation?]. Voronezh: TsIRE, 2005. 252 p. (In Russ.).
8. Leonidova G.V. Trudovoy potentsial naseleniya: metodologicheskiye aspekty issledovaniya [Labor potential of the population: methodological aspects of the study]. Territorial development issues. 2013. No. 7. P. 1-7. (In Russ.).
9. Leonidova G.V., Rossoshanskaia E.A., Popov A.V. Monitoring kachestva trudovogo potentsiala: 20 let regional’nykh issledovaniy [Monitoring the quality of labor potential: 20 years of regional research]. Ed. by Doctor of Economics A.A. Shabunova. Vologda: Vologda Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2018. 192 p. (In Russ.).
10. Popov A.V. The quality of labor potential in the Vologda oblast in the context of 20-year observations. Problems of Territory’s Development. 2019. No. 1 (99). P. 87-106. DOI: 10.15838/ptd.2019.1.99.6 (In Russ.).
11. Precariat: the emergence of a new class (collective monograph). Ed. Zh.T. Toshchenko. M.: Center for Social Forecasting and Marketing, 2020. 400 p. (In Russ.).
12. Ryazantsev S. V. Novaya depopulyatsiya v Rossii: novyye vyzovy i puti neytralizatsii [New Depopulation in Russia: New Challenges and Ways to Neutralize]. Chelovek i yego tsennosti v sovremennom mire: materialy XI Mezhdunarodnoy nauchno- prakticheskoy konferentsii [Man and his values in the Modern world: materials of the XI International Scientific and Practical Conference]. Chita, 23-28 September of 2019. Chita: ZabGU, 2019. P. 8-16. (In Russ.).
13. Topilin A.V. The labor potential of Russia: demographic and socioeconomic problems of formation and usage. Vestnik Rossijskoj akademii nauk. 2019. Vol. 89. Iss. 7. P. 736-744. DOI: 10.31857/S0869-5873897736-744 (In Russ.).
14. Toshchenko Zh.T. Precarious Employment is a Phenomenon of the Modern Economy. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya. 2020. Iss. 8. P. 3-13 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009904-7 (In Russ.).
15. Fedorova N.I. Evolyutsiya teoreticheskikh podkhodov k opredeleniyu kategorii "trudovoy potentsial" [Evolution of theoretical approaches to defining the category of "labor potential"]. Topical problems of Humanities and Socioeconomic Sciences: collection of scientific papers of the Institute of Innovative Technologies and Public Administration of the MIREA – Russian Technological University. Moscow: Sputnik+. 2019. P. 290-295. (In Russ.).
16. Becker G.S. Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1975. 268 p.
17. Lain D., Airey L., Loretto W., Vickerstaff, S. (2018). Understanding older worker precarity: The intersecting domains of jobs, households and the welfare state. Ageing and Society. Vol. 39. Iss. 10. P. 2219-2241. DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X18001253
18. Milkman R. The Senior Precariat. New Labor Forum. 2018. Vol. 27. Iss. 1. Р. 44-52. DOI: 10.1177/1095796017745283
19. Prekäre Arbeit: Ursachen, Ausmaß, soziale Folgen und subjektive Verarbeitungsformen unsicherer Beschäftigungsverhältnisse.
Article
Received: 04.08.2021
Accepted: 20.01.2022
Citation Formats
Other cite formats:
APA
Ryazantsev, S. V., & Nioradze, G. V. (2022). The Labour Potential of Older Generation: Interregional Analysis. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia, 18(1), 107-119. https://doi.org/10.19181/lsprr.2022.18.1.9
Issue
Section
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
