LABOR MARKET AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES IN KAZAKHSTAN AND KYRGYZSTAN

The present paper considered and analyzed the main indicators of the labor market of two Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan for 2012 and 2017 years. The general tendency of demographic indicators of two countries: fertility and mortality were revealed, and the influence of demographic factors on the dynamics of changes in the labor market of neighboring states was studied. The effects of the level of globaliza- tion and urbanization on the level of self-employment of the population are reflected. A comparative analysis of the wages of the two states was carried out and the percentage of the employed population by educational level was revealed. This paper is the output of the science project №AR05134319/GF «Prospects of the demographic development of the regions of Kazakhstan in the context of «Mangilik Yel»», financed by the state budget of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan