Social and labor characteristics of local labor markets in the Russian Arctic

The study of Arctic local labor markets is becoming increasingly relevant because of their large contribution to the economy, huge reserves of natural resources and high human development. The purpose of the paper is to determine the nature of the influence of social and labor characteristics on the indicators of labor markets in the Russian Arctic. The object of research is urban districts and municipal areas of the Arctic zone of Russia. Research methods are: statistical analysis, correlation and regression analysis of municipal statistics. The information base of the study was the database of indicators of municipalities of the Federal State Statistics Service, the results of the all Russian 2010 census, the official websites of regional employment services.The approaches and definitions of local labor markets in domestic and foreign bibliography are considered. The author's classification of local labor markets by types of economic activity is given, six groups are identified: extractive, processing, infrastructural, social, mixed and closed. Labor and sociodemogra phic characteristics of each group of local labor markets are identified and described. Correlation and regression analysis of sociodemographic and labor indicators of the labor market is performed.Regression analysis showed that the combined share of the population older than working age, the popu lation with higher education, employed in the social sphere and the northern coefficients explain 81% of the wage variation in the Arctic. The need to change the Northern and regional coefficients in a number of Arctic regions of Yakutia and the Krasnoyarsk Krai to maintain the incomes of social workers at an acceptable level is substantiated. It is established that the unemployment rate correlates with the share of employees in organizations of municipal ownership and the share of the population with higher education. Recommendations on reduction of unemployment rate in the Arctic territories are proposed.