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Economy, finances, management: topical issues of science and practical activity

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Issue №: 3 (77)

Published: 2026.10.12
DOI: 10.37128/2411-4413-2026-3


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The journal deals with the issues of efficiency of functioning of the national economics and organizational forms of management of the national economy. Attention is paid to the problems of marketing, management and efficiency of production and economic activity of agrarian enterprises. The issues of public administration and administration, accounting and taxation, banking and insurance, forecasting and modeling of economic processes, foreign economic activity, commodity flows of economic entities and their infrastructure support.

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REPRODUCTION OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN RURAL AREAS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: DEMOGRAPHIC, INSTITUTIONAL AND DIGITAL DIMENSIONS

DOI: 10.37128/2411-4413-2026-3-7
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JEKABSONE Sandra – Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Department of Economics, University of Latvia (Riga, LV-1050, 5, Aspazijas bulvaris, room 330, e-mail: sandra.jekabsone@lu.lv, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-4239).

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The article examines the reproduction of human capital in rural areas of the European Union as a continuous process of developing, utilising, renewing, and transmitting knowledge, skills, health, entrepreneurial potential, and social competencies across generations. The analytical focus is placed on the structural challenges common to European rural regions, including population ageing, the selective outmigration of young people, unequal access to education and healthcare services, the digital divide, the limited scope of local labour markets, and disparities in institutional capacity. The theoretical framework is established through the integration of classical human capital theory, endogenous growth theory, the concept of social capital, and the institutional approach. The analysis draws on recent data and materials from Eurostat and the European Commission, the instruments of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023–2027, the Long-Term Vision for the EU’s Rural Areas, LEADER, and Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (hereinafter – AKIS), as well as findings from contemporary academic research on rural development issues. It is substantiated that the sustainability of human capital is determined not only by individual investments in education and health but also by territorial conditions that enable the accumulation and productive utilisation of competencies. An ecosystem model of human capital reproduction is proposed, in which the population and local communities constitute the core, educational, healthcare, entrepreneurial, advisory, and innovation organisations form the operational level, while the instruments of the EU and its member states constitute the strategic level of coordination and resource provision. The complementarity of policies aimed at generational renewal, digital inclusion, lifelong learning, service accessibility, economic diversification, and place-based governance is demonstrated. It is determined that human capital reproduction policy should take into account not isolated sectoral indicators but rather the capacity of a territory to develop, retain, attract, and productively utilise human capabilities. The proposed provisions can be applied to comparative analyses of rural regions in EU member states and to the development of integrated territorial development programmes.

Keywords: human capital; rural areas; European Union; demographic change; digital divide; lifelong learning; CAP; LEADER; rural development.

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Topics of the journal:

С1 Economics and International Economic Relations (by specialization)

D1 Accounting and Taxation

D2 Finance, Banking, Insurance and Stock Market

D3 Management

D4 Public Management and Administration

D5 Marketing

D7 Trade

J3 Tourism and Recreation

 

Keywords: economics , international economic relations , accounting , taxation , finance , banking , insurance , stock market , management , public management and administration , marketing , trade , tourism and recreation
Key information:
ISSN (print): 2411-4413
DOI: 10.37128
All-Ukrainian scientific and production journal “Economics, finance, management: topical issues of science and practical activity” is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that publishes original research, theoretical articles and reviews on a wide range of economic and business issues. The articles, which have scientific and scientific-practical significance, highlight theoretical and methodological aspects of the development of agrarian sector of economy and related industries, the results of fundamental and applied research.
 
The purpose of the journal is to highlight the results of fundamental and applied research in the field of economic sciences, aimed at developing modern approaches to managing economic processes, financial support for enterprise activities and increasing the efficiency of economic systems. The publication is focused on creating a scientific environment for the exchange of research results between scientists, higher education students and practitioners in economic sphere, as well as on the dissemination of modern scientific and methodological approaches to solving current economic and management problems. The journal contributes to the development of the research in the field of enterprise economics, finance, accounting, auditing, management, marketing, entrepreneurship, trade, tourism and recreation, public management and administration, economic development and international economic relations, which meets the modern needs of the socio-economic development of the state.
 
The journal’s objectives are:
 • publishing the results of fundamental and applied research in the fields of economics, international economic relations, finance, management, public administration, accounting, marketing, tourism and recreation, and entrepreneurship;
• promoting the development of modern methods of managing enterprises and organizations, increasing the efficiency of using financial and material resources;
• supporting the research aimed at improving the economic mechanisms of enterprise functioning, developing innovative activity, and increasing the competitiveness of economic structures;
• ensuring the scientific exchange of research results between higher education institutions, scientific institutions, and business entities;
• developing methods of economic analysis, forecasting, and modeling of socio-economic processes;
• disseminating of modern approaches to financial management, accounting, taxation, and control of economic activity;
• promoting the development of interdisciplinary research related to the economic support of the development of agrarian sector of economy and rural areas;
• integration of scientific research results into the international scientific space and increasing the level of scientific communication.
Publisher: Vinnytsia National Agrarian University
Link to the journal on the publisher’s website: ”Economics, finance, management: topical issues of science and practical activity”
Frequency of issue: 4 times a year.
Language of publication: Ukrainian, English.
Editor-in-Chief: Inna Honcharuk
State registration: Decision of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting No. 1337 and No. 1178. Media identifier – R30-05171. Publisher registration number (EDRPOU) 00497236.
Publisher’s ROR: https://ror.org/05m3ysc06 Publisher’s DOI prefix: 10.37128 ISSN (print): 2411-4413
Publisher DOI prefix: 10.37128 ISSN (print): 2411-4413
The scientific journal is included in category "B" of the List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine, in which the results of dissertations for the degree of Doctor and Candidate of Sciences in the specialties C1 (051) - Economics, D1 (071) - Accounting and Taxation, D2 (072) – Finance, Banking, Insurance and Stock Market, D3 (073) – Management, D5 (075) – Marketing, D7 (076) – Entrepreneurship and Trade, (241) – Hotel and Restaurant Business, D4 (281) – Public Management and Administration (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated June 11, 2026 №928)
History of journal:

Founded in 1997 under the name ”Bulletin of Vinnytsia State Agricultural Institute”. In 2010-2014 it was published under the name “Collection of Scientific Papers of Vinnytsia National Agrarian University”. Since 2015 “Economics, finance, management: current issues of science and practical activity” (Certificate of State Registration of Mass Media No. 21154-10954 PR dated 12/31/2014).