Published: 15 July 2009
The article deals with methodological basis of the category of the “regional potential of labor”; it reveals the advantages of the category in comparison with the category of the “labor potential” which is traditionally used in the labor economics. The article highlights and defines general subsystems and basic reproduction phases of the labor potential. Theoretical possibilities of application of a category of “potential of the labor” to the analysis of a labor market of region and its conjuncture are investigated. The author of the article also substantiates system approach to the labor market.