Implementation of the state program «Employment promotion» and labor market indicators in the Russian Federation

The article analyzes the process of implementing the state program «Employment Promotion» and the state of the main indicators of the labor market of the Russian Federation during the implementation of this state program and the influence on labor market indicators in the Russian Federation. In the period from 2014 to 2021, the number of economically active population practically has not changed. Negative growth rates of the economically active population were observed in 2017-2020, while the largest reduction (0,7%) was in 2020. The number of unemployed fluctuated in 2014-2021. more significantly: in 2015 and 2020, there was an increase in the indicator by 10,3 and 22,9%, respectively. In 2016-2019, the unemployment rate in Russia decreased in all age groups. The highest unemployment rate is observed in the age groups of young people under 24. The calculation of the unemployment rate in 2021 showed that in the Central, North-Western, Volga, Ural, Far Eastern Federal Districts, this indicator was at a level below the national average. In the Siberian and North Caucasus Federal Districts, the situation on the labor market is developing ambiguously - the unemployment rate in them is higher than the average non-Russian level - 5,9 and 13.0%, respectively. The number of economically active population of the Russian Federation has not changed much after the implementation of the Employment Assistance program: it decreased from 75,5 million people in 2013 to 75,4 million people in 2021. The number of employed population also decreased from 71,4 million people in 2013 to 71.7 million people in 2021 after the start of the implementation of the state program. The number of unemployed population in 2013 was 4,1 million people, and in 2021 - 3,6 million people. Consequently, the number of unemployed population during the implementation of the state program "Employment Promotion" decreased by 0,5 million people.