Causes of Workforce Decline

Victor Yu. Lyashok – Senior Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow, Russia). Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In 2019, the rate of decline in the workforce soared: in Q1, it shrank by nearly 0.8m on the corresponding quarter of the previous year, while over the entire year 2018, that index had declined by only 0.1m. As a result, the number of individuals involved in economic activities (without taking into account the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol) returned to its 2005 level.

Key words: number of work force, labor market, population’s age, working age.