RESERVES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL AND LABOR POTENTIALS OF UKRAINE

It is substantiated that for economic growth it is very important to determine the reserves for increasing social and labor potentials, as well as for activating the subjects of social and labor relations to mobilize existing reserves. The authors propose to evaluate the growth reserves and the level of development of social and labor potentials through their integral indicator. It is shown that its calculation is carried out using a system of scorecards and measurement indicators by the following components: demographic, health and sanitary conditions of the population, material security, social and labor sphere, in particular, employment and social and labor relations, education, culture, information and communication services, social cohesion and unity, social risks and social exclusion, social infrastructure. The authors reveal that the use of factor analysis allowed estimating the quantitative influence of all the constituent elements on the integral indicator of social and labor potentials. Growth reserves are calculated for factors that hinder their development. It is shown that the total reserves can be about half the integral index of social and labor potential. It is found that the most significant reserves are concentrated in the “Social Infrastructure”, “Social cohesion and unity” and “Employment” subsystems. For each component, the factors that largely determine the reserves, provided they are activated and mobilized, are detailed. It is disclosed that the implementation of measures to utilize the reserves for increasing social potential is related to the improvement of the socio-economic situation, ensuring the political freedom, and formation of political and social activity among the population. It is proved that the reserves of labor potential development are provided through the improvement of the quality of the workforce, which is directly related to: education, increased spending on education from all sources of funding, raising the level of pensions and reducing crime, reducing the level of disability and aging of the population, reducing the load on one job, ensuring higher levels of employment, reducing employment in the informal sector, part-time employment, reducing the severity occupational injuries.