Working Pensioners as a reserve for filling the Deficit in the labor market
https://doi.org/10.26794/1999-849X-2025-18-3-33-42
Abstract
Currently, there is a situation in the labor market in which the unemployment rate has exceeded the lower limits of its natural level in conditions of an acute shortage of personnel, when the number of open vacancies exceeds the number of applicants. The issue of finding reserves to fill this deficit by involving more pensioners in the workforce and saving jobs for people retiring in the near future is becoming on the agenda of the Russian economy.
The subject of the research is ways to overcome the shortage of personnel in the economy by involving pensioners in social and professional life.
The objectives of the work are to analyze national projects and strategies in terms of the integration of the older generation into the workforce, to identify the causes of personnel shortages that lead to overloading of workers and negative consequences for their health, contributing to a decrease in labor productivity and a deterioration in the moral climate in labor collectives. The article systematizes information about national projects and strategies aimed at maintaining the standard of living of older people. It is concluded that older people in the Russian Federation represent additional human capital that can be integrated into the country’s economy with maximum effect for both this category of citizens and the state. A number of measures have been proposed that could complement national projects and create additional incentives for the involvement of pensioners in the workforce.
About the Authors
Yu. S. Kolesnikova
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yulia S. Kolesnikova — Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Prof. of Department of Human Resource Management
Kazan
M. V. Polevaya
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina V. Polevaya — Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Cand. Sci. (Psych.), Head of the Department of Psychology and Human Capital Development
Moscow
I. N. Belogrud
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Igor N. Belogrud — Dr. Sci. (Philos.), Prof. of Department of Psychology and Human Capital Development
Moscow
L. A. Zhigun
Financial University under the Government of the Russian
Federation; Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Leonid A. Zhigun — Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Prof., Honorary Worker of Higher Education, Prof. of the Department of Psychology and Human Capital Development; Prof. of the Department of State and Municipal Management
Moscow
A. A. Chub
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna A. Chub — Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Prof. of Department of Psychology and Human Capital Development
Moscow
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Kolesnikova Yu.S., Polevaya M.V., Belogrud I.N., Zhigun L.A., Chub A.A. Working Pensioners as a reserve for filling the Deficit in the labor market. Economics, taxes & law. 2025;18(3):33-42. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/1999-849X-2025-18-3-33-42
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