 EMPLOYMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN RUSSIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMYHSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics Abstract: This paper analyses indicators which describe the employment of disabled people in Russia and the position of this group in the Russian labour market. Special attention is given to disabled workers skills in the sphere of information and communication technologies. The analysis is based on data from the Rosstat population surveys and administrative data. The analysis shows that the information on the disabled people employment is limited due to an underrepresentation of the disabled in the data from population surveys and the methodological approaches used in administrative data. Available statistics demonstrate that the disabled are in a weak position in the Russian labour market: low employment rates, high unemployment rates, widespread employment in the informal sector, and the concentration of employment in low-skilled occupations. Furthermore, disabled people of working age in Russia possess markedly weaker digital skills than non-disabled, which further worsens their position in the labour market Keywords: Disability statistics; Employment of persons with disabilities; Digital skills; Russian Labour force survey; Russia. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in WP BRP Series: Science, Technology and Innovation / STI, November 2018, pages 1-28 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hig:wpaper:91sti2018 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics |
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