UDC 336.02
DOI 10.36461/NP.2023.66.2.020
EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME OF THE RURAL POPULATION: REGIONAL ASPECT
E.I. Pozubenkova, Candidate of Economic Sciences, associate professor; N.M. Guryanova, Candidate of Economic Sciences, associate professor, Yu.Yu. Rassypnova, Associate Professor
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Penza State Agrarian University", Penza, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
In the rating position of the regions of the Volga Federal District according to the main indicators of socioeconomic development, the Penza Region belongs to the category of outsiders in terms of population, natural growth, average per capita income, average monthly nominal accrued wages, unemployment rate. The problems of demography, employment, unemployment and wages in rural areas deserve special attention. The decline in the permanent population, depopulation processes in rural areas, reduction of employment and real wages negatively affect labor for the agricultural production. The study of these processes in comparison with other subjects of the Volga Federal District is relevant and reflects the regional specifics of factors affecting the rural labor market. The peculiarity of the study is that the article provides information on the dynamics of the effective indicators of the development of the agro-industrial complex of the region, the availability of its labor resources, the number of permanent population, income level and the development of social infrastructure in rural areas. The conclusion is made about the relationship of these elements, the use of systematic and integrated approaches in the study of processes in the rural labor market of the Penza region. The use of state support funds within the framework of the regional program of integrated rural development will contribute to the activation of rural employment.
Keywords: labor resources, employment of the population, rural area, remuneration.
