Forecasts of regional labor markets development in the narratives of specialists of employment centers of the Rostov Region and the reunified territories of the Russian Federation

Forecasts of the development of employment trends, employment of potential labor, and migration flows are currently of particular interest in light of the large-scale initiatives undertaken by the state as part of the new national project «Personnel». In the context of insufficient completeness of statistical information related to the objective difficulties of determining the total population, its gender and age structure, the number of economically active population, and information about the economic activities of economic entities in the territories of the reunified regions, the expert opinion of specialists from the employment centers of the Rostov Region as an integration hub and the reunified territories of the Russian Federation is of scientific value. The article presents the results of an expert survey conducted by specialists from employment centers in the Rostov Region, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions. The author team conducted a content analysis of the experts’ responses to open-ended questions on the development of regional labor markets over a five-year period. The analysis of the narratives revealed key expectations, concerns, and trends that will shape the regional labor and migration landscape. 

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