The impact of digitalization on the labor market and employment

Authors

A. K. Kochieva
Kuban State University, Russian Federation

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31429/2224042X_2021_62_27

Abstract

The article highlights the trends in the labor market and the peculiarities of employment under the influence of such a factor as digitalization, which, in turn, has intensified during the 2020 pandemic. It is shown how the introduction of modern digital technologies affects the change in the jobs supply and demand, forms of employment, unemployment, etc., forming a new modern state of the labor market. A range of problems and a direction for further research in this area are determined.

Keywords

quality of working life, decent work, working conditions, job satisfaction

Author Info

A. K. Kochieva

Candidate of economic sciences (Ph.D.), Associate professor of World Economy and Management Department at Kuban State University

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2021 · No. 2 (62)

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Labor Market

Publication History

Published 2021-06-04

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Kochieva A.K. The impact of digitalization on the labor market and employment // Economics: Theory and Practice. 2021. No 2 (62). С. 27–32. DOI: 10.31429/2224042X_2021_62_27

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