HISTORICAL RETROSPECTIVE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR REMUNERATION REFORMS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (PART 1)

The subject of this research is the challenges associated with reforming the remuneration system within the public sector of the Russian Federation during the establishment of the Russian state as an independent entity and its transition from a centralized planned economy to market relations. The aim of this study is to identify the factors that diminish the real income of public sector workers, reduce their motivation for high-quality and productive work, and obstruct the inflow of skilled labor into the public sectors of the economy. The relevance of this work stems from the urgent need to address key socio-economic tasks for the development of a sovereign Russian state. This includes improving the population's standard and quality of life, boosting labor productivity, and establishing sustainable conditions for fulfilling citizens' constitutional rights to free education, healthcare, and cultural development. The scientific novelty of this research lies in assessing various factors — economic, political, organizational, and financial — influencing the effectiveness of reforms related to public sector remuneration. Additionally, it explores the contributions of scientific schools and specialists in shaping the primary features of the Russian public sector remuneration system throughout different historical periods. The main research methods include factor analysis, summary and grouping, comparison, and extrapolation. Among the principal findings are an assessment of economic and historical events that shaped the features of the public sector remuneration system during the early 1990s, the identification of factors that limit the effective use of the Unified Tariff System within the specified period, and the systematization of approaches to constructing the Unified Tariff System based on practices used in the USSR, etc.