Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The article examines the role of human capital in the contemporary paradigm of socio-economic systems development. The theoretical foundation of the study consists of Ukrainian regulatory acts, strategic documents, analytical reports, and scholarly works published in 2021–2025 that address human development, education, the labor market, public regulation, post-war recovery, and sustainable deve- lopment. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the place of human capital as a system-forming resource of economic growth, competitiveness, innovation dynamics, and resilience of socio-economic systems, as well as to identify the priorities of its reproduction under current Ukrainian conditions. The methodological framework includes the analytical-synthetic approach, comparative analysis, generalization, and structural- functional and problem-oriented methods. The generalization of sources made it possible to establish that the contemporary paradigm of socio-economic systems development moves away from a narrowly resource- based and cost-centered logic and is increasingly oriented toward a human-centered, knowledge-based, innovation-driven, and resilience-oriented model. It is proved that human capital performs productive, innovative, adaptive, integrative, and reproductive functions, while its quality is determined not only by the level of education and professional training, but also by the state of health, social protection, opportunities for mobility, digital inclusion, and the institutional environment. Based on the analyzed sources, the study identifies the key factors shaping the contemporary architecture of human capital, namely educational potential, alignment of training with labor market requirements, modernization of social and labor relations, public recovery policy, digitalization, and the development of the creative segment of the economy. It is emphasized that under the conditions of war and post-war reconstruction, particular importance is attached not only to the accumulation of human capital, but also to its preservation, recovery, and effective realization. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the systematization of the functions of human capital within the contemporary paradigm of socio-economic systems development and in the author’s generalization of the components of its reproduction as a unity of formation, preservation, realization, capitalization, and recovery-oriented development. The practical significance of the obtained results lies in the possibility of using the proposed generalizations in the development of socio-economic development programs, employment policy, educational and scientific strategies, post-war recovery instruments, and mechanisms for enhancing the competitiveness of the economy.
Authors: H. Dmytrenko, N. Holovach, N. Vasylets
Language: English
Topic: Labor Market and Education
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7214975463