Demographic processes in rural areas of Belarus: new trends, problems, consequences, optimization

Abstract

The subject of this study is demographic processes in rural areas: fertility, mortality, migration. The purpose of the study is to identify demographic trends for the further use of the results in studying the employment of the rural population.According to predicted experts’ estimates, negative demographic trends in rural areas will continue. In this regard, there is a need to develop and implement measures that mitigate the expected adverse effects and form the prerequisites for improving the demographic climate in rural areas. In the context of the prevailing negative trends in the deformation of the sex-age structure of the rural population and its reduction, the problem of optimizing the labor market and employment in rural areas is being actualized, which focuses on the development of effective instruments for their regulation.