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аспирант Института экономики и менеджмента Томского государственного университета; доцент Ниндэского педагогического университета

 282596452@qq.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8272-46161356-4741 Nedospasova Olga Pavlovna Недоспасова Ольга Павловна

заведующий кафедрой организационного поведения и управления персоналом Института экономики и менеджмента Томского государственного университета, доктор экономических наук, доцент

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The relevance of the topic is associated with the acceleration of global population aging. The authors focused on the problems of the modern labor market in China, due to the increase in average life expectancy and the growing presence of young elderly people (citizens aged 55 to 70 years). Based on data on China, a statistical analysis of the mechanism of the impact of the development of the digital economy on the employment of young elderly people was carried out. Based on the results of the analysis, conclusions were drawn about the main directions of transformation of the structure of employment of young older people, offering new jobs for them, introducing flexible forms of employment for young older people, and overcoming barriers to their employment in new jobs. It concludes with recommendations for promoting effective human resource development for the young elderly through four-way linkages between government, businesses, families, and citizens themselves. The article might be interested to a wide range of readers wandered about the current trends for labor market. Acknowledgements: This research was carried out under the project of the Chinese National Foundation for Social Sciences (No. 22BJY045).

The relevance of the topic is associated with the acceleration of global population aging. The authors focused on the problems of the modern labor market in China, due to the increase in average life expectancy and the growing presence of young elderly people (citizens aged 55 to 70 years). Based on data on China, a statistical analysis of the mechanism of the impact of the development of the digital economy on the employment of young elderly people was carried out. Based on the results of the analysis, conclusions were drawn about the main directions of transformation of the structure of employment of young older people, offering new jobs for them, introducing flexible forms of employment for young older people, and overcoming barriers to their employment in new jobs. It concludes with recommendations for promoting effective human resource development for the young elderly through four-way linkages between government, businesses, families, and citizens themselves. The article might be interested to a wide range of readers wandered about the current trends for labor market.

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