Human Resources in the World

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the topic of labor in the economy. The dynamics and structure of labor resources and factors of its change, as well as the labor resource requirements for the economy and the factors of its change are considered. The volume of labor resources depends both on internal (changes in the birth rate, increase in life expectancy), and on external factors (labor migration). In turn, the structure of the workforce depends on the degree of well-being and the level of education. Also, labor resources are influenced by an increase in the active life span and an increase in the tendency for the participation of older persons in the work. The needs for labor resources are determined by the type of economic development (intensive or extensive), the stage of economic development (agrarian, industrial and post-industrial) and the level of automation, computerization and mechanization.