Blyznyuk V. Regional features of the labour market in Ukraine: methodology of research, analysis and forecast

The subject of research is the regional labour market of Ukraine. The purpose of research - development of theoretical-methodological and methodical positions, scientific and practical guidelines on creation of effective regional policy in the labour market of Ukraine. Research techniques: macroeconomic and comparative analysis for the research of regional structure of labour force's supply and demand; cluster analysis and method of nonmetric multidimensional scaling for the definition of the main regional labour market's typezones; analysis of hierarchies and expert evaluations for the account of regional indexes of strength of a labour market, analytical planning's method for development of basic performance's of the labour market the analytical prognose. Theoretical and practical results: The term labour market as socioeconomic attitude's systems during selling and buying of the future labour's services on the price determined by market condition was deepened. The factors of the national labour mar ket's geographical demarcation were defined. In these factors are taken into consideration the complex regional features of socioeconomic and demographic potentials, and also activity of state employment service. The geographical demarcation of Ukraine's national labor market on selected diagnostic parameters was carried out through cluster analysis. The intermediate term scripts of a situation for definite typesonses of Ukraine's regional labour markets were developed. The integral parameter - "intensity of the labour market" was offered. In this parameter is taken into account complex influence of factor's clusters that allows receiving the complex multivariable pattern of a Ukraine's labour market in a regional slit. The analytical prognosis of a Ukraine's labour market till 2005 was developed and the regional priorities of employment's policy were defined. Measure of implantation: the main thesis's results were reported on scientific conferences: "Socioeconomic Ukraine's Development. Problems of statistic s - 98" (Lviv -98) and at the Fifth international congress of the economists: "Ukraine in the XXIst Century: the Concepts and Models of Economic Development" (Lviv - 2000). The outcomes of research in the proposes to the design of the General Scheme of building of new work places are used (directed to the Ukraine's Ministry of economy №135-424 from 19.08.1998); in the remarks to the project of low of Ukraine "On the Concept of Development of the Labour Potential in Ukraine" (directed to the NASU № 135-437 from 15.07.1999.); in the prognosis of employment in Ukraine for the term 1998-2005 (directed to the Ukraine's Cabinet of ministeries №135-582 from 12.11.1998); in analytical stuff "Intensity of Regional Labour Markets as the Indicator of the Market transformation" (directed to the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine - №135-228 from 24.04.01). The major area of implementation: management of employment and labour market