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The structure of population employment, both in the Russian Federation and individual regions, has an impact on the rates of their economic development and the level of incomes of the population. In the article it is proposed to use the method of structural-share analysis to assess the degree of influence of all-Russian and local socioeconomic factors on the employment structure of the population of the Volga Federal District.

The study is comprehensive and describes the socio-economic zoning of the Russian steppe beltterritory. The method of zoning of the Russian steppe beltterritory is developed on the basis of the studied experience by scientists. The obtained results revealed a high degree of differentiation of the steppe zone of Russia by the level of socio-economic development.