Lyashenko I., Fedorenko M.

National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Politechnic Institute”

Ukrainian economy in crisis conditions: unemployment overcoming

 

Social sphere in Ukraine characterizes by complication intercommunications between state, employer and worker. Average yearly tempos of labor increase into precrisis time from 2000 on 2007 were 7,2%, and the average yearly tempos of salary increase for this period reached 19,2%. Such disparity brings to disbalance of economic system and starts chronic structural disproportions. From second half-year 2008 began a swift fall of basic social indexes: if for first two quarters of this year increase of average monthly salary was on a par 2,9%, already from September the fall was 13,1% (January - December 2009 – on 16,8%). Monthly debts growth for the first half-year 2008 on a par composed 3%, in October - 22,9%, in December - 66,4%, in January 2009 increased on 35,7% [1,2].

First half-year of 2008 characterized by monthly abbreviations on 2,8%, in September - October unemployment untwists a secretive employment lowering in November - 20,7%, and in December reaches to peak – 32%. On January falls down unsteady situation stabilization, on what testifies augmentation of amount of unemployment only on 6,6%. Saying about absolute values, that amount of unemployment is 900 000 persons.

Disregard to official unemployment rate 6,9% in 2008, a factual level was considerably greater. Took place considerable abbreviation of real wages and accordingly real available income of population in 2008 comparatively from 2007 [1,2].

Lineaments of contemporary state of social sphere stood low life rate (in 2008 for life quality index in comparison from 2006 three positions and sowing 62-th place subdividing it with Namibia) chronic underfinancing of human development (apathy beginnings danger to non-fulfillment of legislative requirements) and proper loss of positions for index of human potential (2005 – 70 place, 2007 – 76 place), growth of tempos and scales of depopulation of population with worsening of qualitative descriptions of human capital for considerable migratory population losses of productive age and high professionally-qualifying level, high man death-rate level of able to work age, swift nation aging,  irrational structure both higher and professionally-technical education (specialists preparation disparity to needs of national economy and social development), combination of high unemployment rate in one economy sectors with lack of workers of necessary qualification in other (for Federation of employers data, in Ukrainian industry runs short 1,8 mln. workers with special technical preparation, or almost 30% from need, and a demand on work specialties exceeds a proposition in 4-6 times).

All that processes is a result of lack of real strategy of state socio-economic policy and conceptual perception of social constituent in state economy adjustment [2, 3].

Tasks for unemployment overcoming:

1.      Develop and inculcate scientifically founded program of development of labored potential, a realization of which will create the preconditions for forming of qualitatively new labored reserve, adequate to perspective needs of national economy and her competitiveness.

2.      Inculcate an incomes forming policy, which will restrain further social and economic polarization of society.

3.      Inculcate the flexible employment forms with view settlement of unemployment problems and optimization man-power using.

4.      Widen the organs rights of local self-government in questions of labor payment adjustment.

5.      Develop and inculcate arrangements complex as for institution labor-market reforming with view demand balancing of and proposition on labor resources.

6.      Inculcate the using mechanisms living minimum for establishment based dimension of social payments.

7.      Inculcate an obligatory accumulative pensionary system with peculiarities include of transitional period, to provide development of unstated pensionary guaranteeing.

8.      Effectuate cost estimation of being social privileges, reduce their financial-unfitted part, to simplify a system of social privileges, to decrease amount of persons, which it envelops, to inculcate the privileges assignment of addressness guaranteeing instruments, to simplify a receipt mechanism of such privileges by population categories, which they need.

Realization of represented strategic tasks needs perfection of prevailing legislation, specifically necessary: to perfect the national social standards and to harmonize them with international norms and standards, according to ratify by Supreme Rada of Ukraine of «European social charter», which bear upon labor payment questions, rise of pensionary guaranteeing, obligatory state social security, assignment of social help to families with children and families of scanty means seed; learn by rote a contemporary dimension determination methods of living minimum for guaranteeing of maximum accordance of this standard to real cost of consumer basket and services; to foresee in law «About subsistence level» simultaneous feeding products admissions assertion,  goods and services and determination methods of living minimum; bring changes into  law of Ukraine «About social services» with view effectiveness rise of and having a special purpose disposition of their assignment; set by proper legislative act one assignment order of social privileges, their calculation and determination of persons circle,  which have a right on their receipt [2,3].

Literature:

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2.     Statistics by theme. Economy and finance. Population and social conditions // Eurostat. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal

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