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Sagadiyev LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47703/ejebs.v69i2.508</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">ejebs-23</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Analysis of Employment Policy Effectiveness in Kazakhstan: Regional Clustering Approach</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9034-8910</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Aliyeva</surname><given-names>Baglan</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Senior Lecturer, Email: baglan_a74@mail.ru</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">baglan_a74@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5059-9186</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Mukhamedyarova</surname><given-names>Liya</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD student, Email: idrissova.ar@gmail.com</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">idrissova.ar@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7354-7125</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Markhayeva</surname><given-names>Bayanslu</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doc. Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Email: markhaeva@mail.ru</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">markhaeva@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1042-5603</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Telagussova</surname><given-names>Elmira</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Senior Lecturer, Email: eltel7@mail.ru</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">eltel7@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4043-289X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ydyrys</surname><given-names>Yerkebulan</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Senior Lecturer, Email: erkebulan_idiris@mail.ru</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">erkebulan_idiris@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-5"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="en">Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="en">L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan.<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-3"><aff xml:lang="en">Caspian Public University, Higher School of Economics and Management, Almaty, Kazakhstan.<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-4"><aff xml:lang="en">Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Sorbonne-Kazakhstan Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan.<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-5"><aff xml:lang="en">Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan.<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>69</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title>Eurasian Journal of Economic and Business Studies</issue-title><elocation-id>141–157</elocation-id><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Aliyeva B., Mukhamedyarova L., Markhayeva B., Telagussova E., Ydyrys Y., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Aliyeva B., Mukhamedyarova L., Markhayeva B., Telagussova E., Ydyrys Y.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Aliyeva B., Mukhamedyarova L., Markhayeva B., Telagussova E., Ydyrys Y.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/23">https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/23</self-uri><abstract><p> </p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Employment</kwd><kwd>Employment Economics</kwd><kwd>Regional Policy</kwd><kwd>State Audit</kwd><kwd>Business Activity</kwd><kwd>Enbek Program</kwd><kwd>Kazakhstan</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Bekniyazova, D. 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