ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM FOR ENSURING THE QUALITY OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE POST-WAR RECOVERY

Abstract

The article addresses the critical problem of human capital management in the context of Ukraine's post-war economic reconstruction. The destruction of productive infrastructure, large-scale forced migration, and significant labor force losses during 2022-2024 have created unprecedented challenges that traditional approaches to labor market regulation are unable to resolve. A retrospective analysis of education funding dynamics (2000-2018) reveals structural imbalances: the share of expenditures on higher education declined from 32.3% to 21.8%, while the labor market burden reached 189 registered unemployed per 10 vacancies in 2015. The ongoing brain drain phenomenon further threatens Ukraine's long-term innovation capacity. The purpose of the study is to develop an organizational and economic mechanism for ensuring the quality of human capital under post-war recovery conditions, based on a comprehensive analysis of education financing, labor market imbalances, and migration flows. The scientific novelty of the research lies in developing an integrated mechanism grounded in Multilevel Governance (MLG) principles, which for the first time unifies three key instruments into a single system: financial and investment tools (Skill-vouchers and tax incentives for EdTech companies), digital organizational solutions (a National Matching Platform using Big Data algorithms to minimize frictional unemployment and create neuro-network capital), and social inclusion programs (Return-to-work initiatives, veteran reintegration, and repatriation incentives for external migrants). The mechanism operates through five structural blocks: management subjects, instruments, objects of influence, operating principles, and the implementation process. The practical significance of the obtained results is that implementing the proposed model will reduce structural imbalances in the labor market, facilitate veteran reintegration, and encourage migrant repatriation. The mechanism is expected to transform human potential into a tangible driver of macroeconomic growth by increasing total factor productivity, which is confirmed by the modified Solow growth model. Implementation will positively affect Ukraine's position in the Global Innovation Index (GII), particularly in the Human capital and research and Business sophistication sub-indices.