LABOR RESOURCES AND INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY IN THE REGION

The prevailing economic situation in Russia makes certain demands to the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the labour recources in the region. Negative demographic processes have led to a significant change in the age structure of the population of the Smolensk region, namely the aging of the working-age population. Actual and practical significance of the study is the problem of the impact of demographic constraints on the innovative potential of the region