Olha Mulska

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Scientific Officer at Institute of Region research

The article aims to assess the potential for socio-economic recovery of Ukraine and identify the reserves for its increase. The methodology is based on a system-structural approach using composite and recursive methods. The study includes data on Ukraine’s development potential by four groups (capital, labor, entrepreneurship, innovation) and marke...

Фінансова стійкість домогосподарств є екзистенційною характеристикою рівня і якості життя населення на певній території в умовах невизначеності та макроекономічних шоків, детермінантою добробуту, ознакою фінансового потенціалу. Фінансова стійкість відображає матеріальний стан домогосподарства, здатність до забезпечення гнучкості та адаптивності до...

Internal migration caused by the war of russia against Ukraine (with the active phase starting in February 2022) has increased the socio-economic burden on the host communities welcoming internally displaced population from the frontline and occupied territories. On the other hand, it intensifies behavioral reflections of local residents on the int...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has become an existential challenge and a trigger of the migration crisis. The study aims to identify migration intentions of youth and factors for the preservation of the young population in Ukraine (a case study of university youth). The study conducts a sociological survey using a Google Forms questionnair...

Russia’s war against Ukraine has exacerbated challenges and risks to community development. Improving the ability to withstand the shocks of the external and internal environment, adapt to changes in the security environment, respond to threats, maintain sustainable functioning, and recover to the desired equilibrium will contribute to strengthenin...

The article presents an econometric analysis of the impact and elasticity of human resources outflow and remittance with economic growth in Ukraine. It is proved that remittance (1) has a direct relationship with economic activity rate, (2) a cyclical and multiplicative relationship with the inflationary process, and (3) an indirect effect on capit...

Based on the data of the sociological study (through a survey of employers in the Lviv region) on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the supply and demand for the work of graduates of vocational (and technical) educational institutions (hereinafter referred to as VEI), the needs of employers for qualified workers – VEI graduates ar...

Purpose. The article aims to identify the relationship between migration (in the context of two channels – (1) human resource outflows and (2) remittance inflow) in rural areas and the economic development; justification of measures of preserving rural human resources in rural areas in Ukraine. Methodology / approach. The methodological tools of th...

Stable economic progress and upward dynamics of economic growth in the regions depend on their level of security and ability to withstand adverse macroeconomic and other shocks, as well as the state of affairs in which risks cannot be transformed into threats and dangers. The study aims to assess the causal nexus and the level of sensitivity of reg...

Financial resilience is the basis of economic development as it determines the ability of the financial system to efficiently perform its functions and ensure optimal resource allocation and the normal course of economic processes under the impact of macroeconomic shocks and endogenous risks. The article aims to assess financial resilience as a sys...

Introduction. Household finances are an existential element of the financial system, the basis of its stability and the driver of economic growth of the territory. The financial stability of households and communities has a causal connection with the socio-economic progress of regions and the country, contributes to the development of the domestic...

The financial self-sufficiency of communities determines their ability to create additional jobs, attract investment resources, offer quality social services, and improve the population’s living standards and well-being. The study aims to identify the casual relationships between financial self-sufficiency and local economic development of Ukrainia...

У роботі аргументовано необхідність удосконалення інституціонального забезпечення державної політики регулювання міграційних процесів в умовах війни, так і повоєнного відновлення на тлі критичного зменшення ресурсного потенціалу, зокрема людського. Методико-прикладні положення відповідного узгодження розроблені на основі упровадження механізму покр...

Purpose. The article aims to improve the methodology and analysis of the financial and economic security of agricultural business in Ukraine for the identification of problematic aspects and the substantiation of policy measures needed to strengthen it. Methodology / approach. The article offers the methodological approach for the comprehensive an...

The aggravation of the migration crisis in the country against the background of socio-economic instability in conditions of war has triggered the deterioration of the institutional and economic capacity of local governments to ensure further integration of internally displaced persons in the host society. The article aims to identify the resource...

Insecurity, chaotic extensive internal movement, and external migration, growing social vulnerability, and decreasing economic stability of internally displaced persons, characterize the migration crisis caused by the large-scale Russian war against Ukraine. The aim of this paper is to reveal the needs (tangible and intangible), challenges, and opp...

The article emphasizes the relevance of the formation and implementation of the State policy of ensuring structural changes and institutional reforms in the internal market. The aim of the study is to scientifically substantiate the methodological and applied principles of structural changes in the internal market. On the basis of the carried out a...

The article is dedicated to the problem-oriented analysis of the challenges and risks of social development in the Carpathian region of Ukraine under the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The volumes and dynamics of changes in the structural and qualitative characteristics of forced migration of the population of Ukraine in the Carpathian re...

The article proves that social resilience is the ability of the system to provide dynamic equilibrium. This approach made it possible to calculate empirical indicators of social resilience within the threshold limit and optimal values. The article substantiates that the emergence of new threats changes the previous state of the system, which can al...

Purpose: The article explores links between the attractiveness of regional labor markets and internal migration as a change in the usual place of residence in Ukraine. Methodology: Based on the migration theory of “push-pull” a study of the attractiveness of regional labor markets as determinants of the intensification of internal migration in 24 r...

The paper aims to analyse the dependence of the economic and social development of Ukraine on migration factors (human resources and remittances) in the years 2002–2020. It proves the strength of the impact of human resources outflow and remittances on the labour market (employment) and other variables capturing the level of economic and social dev...

У роботі аргументовано, що комплексний підхід до побудови методики аналізування впливу міграції на соціально-економічний розвиток повинен враховувати складність і динамізм міграції, каузальний вплив на економічні процеси. Комплементарне дослідження впливу міграційних процесів на соціально-економічний розвиток та людський потенціал країни запропонов...

Purpose. The purpose of the current research is identification and integral estimation of ecological determinants of forming environment of an area’s social vulnerability (on the example of the oblasts of the Carpathian region of Ukraine). Methodology / approach. The empirics of environment of the social vulnerability based on the identification o...

Population migration activity in the Carpathian region of Ukraine is currently high in intensity and scale compared to the national average. This situation is caused by subjective factors (lower living standards and quality of life, employment problems, escalation of armed conflict in the east) and objective factors (globalization and increasing po...

Introduction. Migration processes and social vulnerability of the population are complementary phenomena and have a causal nexus, migration risks and threats lead to a weakening of the social resistance of the territory, and minimization of negative consequences, which requires the development of appropriate preventive mechanisms. Purpose. The purp...

Purpose. The purpose of the article to assess and model the interrelation between the financial well-being of territorial communities (TCs) and regional economic growth in Ukraine under conditions of uncertainty. Methodology / approach. The empirics of assessment and modeling of a causal relationship between the financial well-being of TCs and eco...

Introduction. Digital transformation (hereinafter referred to as digitalization) and the widespread introduction of digital technologies in all spheres of public life and economic relations are key milestones in the development of the world economy.Problem Statement. The economy digitalization requires effective government regulation and support, t...

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed significant structural flaws, caused deterioration of living and labor conditions, and slowed down economic growth paces for both regions and the country as a whole. It makes the domestic economy vulnerable to various stresses that, in turn, increases the vulnerability of financial systems and reduces their financ...

The system of indicators of the population’s socio-economic vulnerability is the determinant of regions’ social resilience. The growth of these indicators leads to the emergence of new and aggravation of existing social risks and threats in different time periods. The paper aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the population’s social resil...

In instability and economic turbulence, the wellbeing of households as market economy entities constitutes the financial-investment capacity of a region, the level of which is determined by the conditions of the competitive socio-economic environment. The paper aims to estimate the financial wellbeing of households on the example of the oblasts of...

Ensuring the social resistance of the country is a fundamental prerequisite not only for improving the quality of life of the population and its well-being but also for minimizing the social vulnerability of certain categories of the population and territories, reducing social tension, and increasing the level of satisfaction of citizens’ interests...

The article substantiates the urgency of the problem of business migration (relocation) from the territories where hostilities are conducted and adjacent territories to the western regions of Ukraine, where doing business in the current war is safer. The study aims to identify current trends in migration (relocation) of business in the Carpathian r...

The article establishes that the main reasons for the intensification of youth migration in Ukraine are the lack of a regional policy to stimulate youth employment, the creation of highly paid places, as well as the lack of a full-fledged effective organizational system for regulating migration processes. Based on the results of the sociological su...

Growing destructive migration characteristics of the current stage of social and economic development of Ukraine prevent the formation of a resource base for ensuring economic security. The article proves that international migration (intellectual, labour, and stationary migration of youth and families), as well as the latest forms of business, int...

The development of the new information-driven society along with the penetration of the globalization processes in all social and economic activities became the entities of the liberalization of the migration relations, which simplify in general the youth moving and increase its mobility. Based on statistics and administrative data analysis about y...

The growing Ukrainian migration towards EU countries determines the need for evaluation of pull factors shaping their environment to regulate these processes better. The study aims to assess the EU’s pull environment attracting migrants, and evaluate the elasticity of Ukrainian total and labor migration to the change of social and economic factors...

An essential determinant of the economic growth of regions and amalgamated hromada is budgetary security, the weakening of which causes the strengthening of financial imbalances of territories and the emergence of budget risks and threats in different time lags. The paper aims to assess budgetary security of regions and amalgamated hromada in Ukrai...

o analyse the impact of Lviv on centre-periphery interactions the authors calculated the Socio-Economic Development Index for different districts of the region and considered the distance of each district from the regional capital. The Socio-Economic Development Index (Іr) of each district was calculated as the arithmetic mean of indices of its eco...

The information and analytical provision of migration mobility empiricism in Ukraine, the effectiveness of the implementation of the State policy of managing migration processes is not formed to the full extent, and the existing one is of poor quality; in addition, there is no methodological algorithm for the implementation of migration monitoring....

Challenges of economic instability update the study of their impact on the architecture of economic and consumer behavior of Ukrainian households, which determines their financial capacity. The purpose of the article is to carry out a comparative analysis of the financial capacity of Ukrainian households at the regional level and to identify applie...

El estudio identifica los vínculos entre la migración y el desarrollo endógeno, además de presentar el análisis de las áreas afectadas por los procesos migratorios, incluido el mercado laboral, la inversión, el comercio minorista y la actividad empresarial. Los modelos económicos y matemáticos del impacto de la migración en el desarrollo social (em...

The formation of balanced budgets and increasing the financial potential of communities, a clear division of powers on the principle of subsidiarity, improving the efficiency of financial resources and stimulating community development have determined the relevance of Ukraine’s implementation of best practices in decentralization. The aim of the pa...

Introduction. Modern conditions of low efficiency of the vocational education system in Ukraine highlight the need to justify and implement new more modern and effective forms of cooperation between government, business, and vocational education to meet common interests and needs along with the development of educational services and the national e...

Мета. Метою статті є ідентифікація тенденцій зовнішньої міграції населення Карпатського регіону України та розробка прикладних рекомендацій щодо регулювання зовнішньої міграції в умовах необхідності збереження людських ресурсів. Методологія / методика / підхід. Теоретичною та науково-методичною основою дослідження стали теорії міграціології, соціал...

The level of positive migration aspirations of the population is determined by the unfavorable socio-economic environment and ineffective management of territory development, in particular the level of deprivation, including labor, security and living conditions. The paper aims to assess the impact of different components of deprivation on the spre...

The methodology of integral assessment of the technological competitiveness state of the economy has been developed, which includes a system of indicators in the areas of the country's readiness for economy digitization, the quality of innovation activity institutions, the state of digital knowledge dissemination. The integral values of technologic...

The effective functioning of the banking sector has a key impact on the stability of economic growth. The study is aimed at monitoring the banking sector development and identifying causality between the banking sector and economic growth. The methodological tools of the research are Principal component analysis, causal relationship, and vector reg...

Introduction. Stable development of the national economy in the context of globalization, and consequently the high level of migration activity of the population, correlates with the effectiveness of state policy of migration management. Socio-economic results of regulatory policy are determined by proactive mechanisms for managing migration risks...

Based on the multiple regression model and scenario approach to forecasting, the article estimates the Ukrainian migration aspirations towards Germany (the scale of migration, the economic activity of migrants, and their economic benefits). It is argued that major transformations in the gender-age structure of the German population may cause a demo...

The purpose of the article is to substantiate new measures of financial control over the development of united territorial communities. The article examines the relevance of the introduction of a system of financial control over the development of united territorial communities in Ukraine. The authors prove that the main goal of proper financial co...

Introduction. In the context of globalization, there is an intensification of migration of human resources, business, and intellectual property, which has both positive and negative effects on the economic development of the country. To minimize the negative consequences and prevent threats, it is necessary to develop an economic mechanism for regu...

The article substantiates the relevance and necessity of involving creativity, information and knowledge-based capital while forming and implementing the smart specialization policy of the EU regions. The scientific views on the relationship between the processes of economic growth, the use of creative, information and knowledge approaches, smart-o...

The active development of digital technologies, in particular Internet banking, algorithmic trading, big data industry, credit electronic platforms, blockchain and cryptocurrencies with a gradual abandonment of cash payments, causes a radical transformation of the financial system of most countries and creates new challenges in monetary lending and...

Introduction. A notable structural challenge of Ukraine's national economy compared to economically developed countries is the numerous financial and economic imbalances, low institutional and market capacity of the business environment, whose contribution to GDP, national product and value added, exports and employment is critically low. This lead...

The article focuses on the problematic aspects and negative effects of increasing the external migration in Ukraine. The necessity of improving the modern migration policy is substantiated. The directions of the economic instrument of regulation of external migration are offered: slowing down of rates of external migration at the expense of improve...

The theoretical bases of research of consumer behavior of the population are developed. The main types of behavior according to the criteria of the subject, manifestation sphere, interaction, function, character, state, recurrence, influence, controllability are defined. The criterion of the manifestation sphere allows to select social, legal, cult...

Introduction. Ukraine has achieved significant economic growth in recent decades, which is causally related to changes in the level of economic deprivation at the level of regions and communities. Welfare has no direct casual connection to economic growth, as it also considers aspects such as socioeconomic inequality, environmental degradation, and...

The Carpathian Region (Zakarpattia, Lviv, Chernivtsi, and Ivano-Frankivsk) is inferior to other regions in Ukraine regarding its economic development, which does not contribute to migration stability and, rather, serves as a factor motivating the active part of the population to emigrate. The problem of the labor market disproportions in the Carpat...

Міжнародна міграція є складним суспільним явищем, обсяги якого залежать від умов та чинників макро-, мезо- і мікросередовища, яке формує мотиваційні настанови населення і сприяє його виштовхуванню або стримуванню. Серед факторів макросередовища вагоме значення мають медико-демографічна та соціально-економічна ситуація, а також екологічні та політич...

Мета. Метою статті є ідентифікація та аналіз негативних тенденцій, обґрунтування практичних рекомендацій щодо удосконалення регіональної політики забезпечення збереження людського ресурсу засобами регулювання зовнішньої міграції молоді сільських територій Карпатського регіону України. Методологія / методика / підхід. Методологічною основою дослідже...

This paper presents the authors’ algorithm for estimating the conditions affecting population migration activity in the Eastern European region (on the example of Ukraine), which includes selection of indicators, determination of indicators’ weights in a group, calculation of weighted multidimensional values by each group, determination of the weig...

The authors substantiate the relevance of the formation and implementation of state policy in strengthening the financial security of Ukraine by combating tax evasion using offshore zones. The novelty of the research results is the coordination of strategic tasks and strategic priorities of the state policy within the strategic sequences. The pract...

The purpose of the study is to analyze current trends in the evolution of forms of employment under the influence of the economy digitalization, as well as to substantiate the directions and means of public policy to regulate the conditions of effective employment in the new realities. Methods of synthesis and system analysis, groupings, logical an...

The article defines the content of welfare as a measure of socially oriented efficiency of economic growth, which reflects the appropriate level of providing the population with material and spiritual goods with the formation of favourable conditions for human development and capitalization of human potential in a competitive mobile space. The mode...

The current stage of socio-economic development of the regions in Ukraine is characterized by systemic defects in the financial and credit sector, which constitute the insufficient implementation of tasks and functions to ensure the development of the national economy through the formation and optimal distribution of financial flows between sectors...

In the current global crisis, the problem of social policy is not only for children but also for all other categories of the population, especially over time. In Ukraine identifying these problems acts as a barometer of the maturity of the welfare state and of building a civil society. Particular attention is drawn to the analysis and evaluation of...

Досліджено вплив чинників стану ринку праці та зайнятості на формування міграційної активності населення України. Визначено характер їхнього впливу на міграційні процеси. Запропоновано підхід до оцінювання рівня зовнішньої міграційної активності населення як співвідношення кількості виїздів за кордон до чисельності постійного населення в Україні. З...

The article presents results of the research on the population's migration activity in the context of the formation of a new migration system (MS), such as the Ukrainian-German one. It has been determined that the expansion of the scale and diversification of the composition of migratory flows intensify their influence on contemporary demographic,...

The article deals with the labour market model in conditions of high migration activity of the population in Ukraine on the basis of the method of system dynamics. The author suggests a hypothesis that labour migration is determined by the level of wages in the donor country, the level of employment and unemployment, the number of current jobs and...

Довідник дає можливість ознайомитися з основними теоретичними та методичними засадами дослідження процесів міграції, аналізу її причин та наслідків. Включає понятійно-термінологічний інструментарій, який відображає основні соціально-демографічні, економічні, валютно-фінансові, правові, соціокультурні аспекти механізмів її регулювання. Довідник міст...

Labour markets are affected by continuous structural and functional transformations concerning all the participants of labour relations. As a result, new types of relations have been formed as well as new attitudes to work environment, flexibility and mobility opportunities have occurred. In the current article, the authors identify and systemize t...

The article describes the labor market as an element of the economic system that determines the direction and pace of macroeconomic development, affects the welfare of the population and social protection. The dynamics of reduction of labor force for 2010-2020 due to the increase in the level of external labor and educational migration is given. It...

Analyzed the nature of child labor in the region (Lviv), found the main motivating factors for distributing child labor. The risks of child labor in the region investigated.