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Bukhtin D.V. The economics of secondary employment of Moscow University students in the context of a structural labor shortage. Russian journal of resources, conservation and recycling. 2025; 12(s4). Available at: https://resources.today/PDF/24FAOR425.pdf (in Russian). DOI: 10.15862/24FAOR425

The economics of secondary employment of Moscow University students in the context of a structural labor shortage

Bukhtin Dmitry Vasilievich
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
E-mail: buhtindima233@gmail.com

Abstract. The persistent labor shortage in the Moscow metropolitan economy, estimated by the Moscow Government at 500 000 people with a forecast to grow to 781 000 by 2027, necessitates the economic analysis of secondary employment among students at Moscow universities as a factor in the reproduction of human capital in the region and a resource for covering labor shortages in key sectors of the city’s economy. This study examines the economic patterns underlying secondary employment trajectories among Moscow university students in the context of record-low unemployment, the expansion of the platform economy, and the regulatory overhaul of labor market mechanisms. This paper systematizes the theoretical approaches of Russian researchers to the economic analysis of student employment, assessing its scale and sectoral structure in terms of its impact on labor supply in the regional economy. The study’s results demonstrate a structural transformation of student employment toward platform and freelance forms, generating a combined market turnover of 239 billion rubles by the end of 2025 at the national level. It reveals that students employed in their field of study develop higher human capital and receive a salary bonus early in their careers, while non-core employment generates an opportunity cost effect on education. An economic typology of secondary student employment trajectories is proposed, taking into account their contribution to the regional economy, the type of employment, and the degree of capitalization of acquired competencies. The practical significance of this work lies in the development of recommendations for optimizing regional policies for promoting youth employment within the economic management system of the Moscow metropolis.

Keywords: secondary employment economy; regional labor market; human capital; platform economy; student employment; labor shortage; Moscow metropolis; self-employment; gross regional product; education economics

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