Akademik Məlumat İdarəetmə Sistemi
55th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development – Baku, 18-19 June, 2020, Baku, Azerbaijan, 18 - 19 June 2020, no.4, pp.672-679, (Summary Text)
The article is devoted to the study of employment by industry type in Azerbaijan and some post-Soviet countries. As known, the distribution of employed persons by different sectors of the economy is one of the key indicators that shows the level of development of the country's economy. The development of civilization has significantly changed the ratio of people employed in the economy in favor of service industry. A large share of this sector in GDP and employment is an indicator of the country's high level of development. In the post-Soviet countries which experienced a difficult period of transition, has formed a certain employment structure characterizing the level of economic development. In sectorial structure of employment there can be traced progressive and regressive changes that occurring in the economy of the country. The purpose of the research is to assess the current trends in the sectorial structure of employment in Azerbaijan and some post-Soviet countries. The article analyzes the changes in the structure of employment in Azerbaijan during the period of independence. The progressiveness or regressiveness of these changes are assessed and the reasons are explained. The article provides information on the sectorial structure of employment in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Georgia and it also provides a comparative analysis of the data in these countries with the situation in Azerbaijan. As a result of the study, the basic data are generalized and recommendations are given to improve the sectorial structure of employment. The article used the methods of comparative analysis, synthesis and