Managing Labour Shortages in the Soviet Union

Gertrude E. Schroeder

Chapter 1 in Employment Policies in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1987, pp 3-26 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the Soviet-type economy, labour ‘shortages’ can occur only relative to effective demands that are incorporated in enterprise plans and backed up with funds. In theory, plans in the aggregate are supposed to balance planned demands for labour with available supplies, within an overall policy framework of providing a job for everyone able to work, for work is considered both a ‘right’ and a duty. If planners’ labour force projections are accurate and their expectations about productivity are realized, a general labour shortage would be impossible. Even with overall equilibrium in the labour market, localized shortages and surpluses of labour are conceivable, although they should not occur either, if plans in disaggregated forms were perfect and implementation was in accord with them.

Keywords: Labour Force; Labour Force Participation Rate; Labour Shortage; Soviet Economy; Government Decree (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08756-3_1

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