Parental labor in the Republic of Tuva in the context of the regional cluster structure of Russia's demographic space (1990-2019)

Abstract

Despite the overall positive dynamics of demographic processes related to the natural reproduction of the population in the Republic of Tuva, the region currently experiences a fairly negative state of several spheres of human capital functioning and development. This may indicate a problematic state of the sphere of parental labor in the region. The article presents the results of identifying the place of the Republic of Tuva in the cluster structures of Russian regions. These structures were formed by the parameters of parental labor during the period from 1990 to 2019. The authors assess the place of the Republic of Tuva in the cluster space of Russian regions according to indicators that demonstrate the conditions, organization and results of parental labor. The research is based on an interdisciplinary concept of parental labor, which implies the labor character of parenthood and its compliance with all the features of work activity. The sources of the study are the data of the Federal State Statistics Service and the data of federal statistical observations on socio-demographic issues. Two key features of the position of the Republic of Tuva in the regional cluster structure have been identified. The first one is that Tuva either does not fit into the structure of the formed regional cluster space and is not included in any of the identified clusters, or it is geometrically located at a very far distance from the center of the cluster to which it is assigned. The second feature is that the profile of Tuva as part of the entire cluster is in most cases characterized by polarity and extreme ambiguity. © 2023 New Reaearch of Tuva. All rights reserved.