Competitiveness of regional labour markets in the Ukrainian-Polish borderland: A comparative analysis

New challenges of world economic development affect the functioning of labour markets at the international, national and regional levels. The article presents the results of the analysis of the competitiveness of the labour markets in the adjacent border regions of Ukraine and Poland at the national level and in the cross-border dimension. Based on the RCI 2.0 calculation methodology, the effectiveness of the development of labour markets in the Ukrainian-Polish borderland was assessed. Relying on the results of the survey conducted in the form of in-depth interviews, the main trends in the formation of demand and supply for labour force in the border regions of Ukraine were determined. The article examines the impact of the war in Ukraine on the structure of job seekers and the dynamics of migration processes to neighboring EU countries, including Poland as one of the main recipient countries of refugees from Ukraine. The results of the study make it possible to assess the prospects for the development of the labour markets and are of practical importance for the development of effective tools for regulating the labour markets of both countries.