Demography, workforce economy, social and economic policy

Socio-demographic characteristics as indicators of the unemployment rate

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 168, Issue 11-12, Pages: 82-85

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Kilimova, L., & Nishnianidze, O. (2017). Socio-demographic characteristics as indicators of the unemployment rate. Economic Annals-XXI, 168(11-12), 82-85. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V168-17

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Lyudmila Kilimova
PhD (Sociology),
Associate Professor,
Philosophy and Sociology Department,
Southwest State University
94, 50 Let Oktyabrya Str., Kursk, 305040, Russia
lyuda-klv@yandex.ru
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8764-1641

Olga Nishnianidze
PhD (Sociology),
Associate Professor,
Southwest State University
94, 50 Let Oktyabrya Str., Kursk, 305040, Russia
olgan73@yandex.ru
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-4413

Socio-demographic characteristics as indicators of the unemployment rate

Abstract. In modern society, there occur crisis phenomena that respectively lead to the aggravation of the problem of employment of the population, and the lack of control over the hidden and real unemployment.

In this article, the links between the unemployment rate and socio-demographic characteristics are revealed on the basis of correlation analysis. The authors reveal the peculiarities of the established dependencies are revealed on the example of several European countries and Russia with regard to its the Central Federal District, including, in particular, the relationship between the level of education, gender and age structure, and general patterns of indicators such as social tension and migration processes are revealed. The proposed approach allows us not only to give a more accurate description of the rate of unemployment, but also to predict possible changes.

The correlation analysis of the unemployment rate and social indicators for the period from 2005 to 2016 was carried out with regard to ten European countries: Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland and France (Western Europe); Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Russia (Eastern Europe).

Keywords: Unemployment; Unemployment Rate; Social Tension; Crime Rate; Education Level; Migration; Mortality Rate; Birth Rate

JEL Сlassіfіcatіon: E24; J60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V168-17

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Received 10.09.2017

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