Between Light and Shadow: Informality in the Russian Labour Market

Vladimir Gimpelson and Rostislav Kapeliushnikov ()

No 8279, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Economic growth in Russia in the first decade of this century almost doubled the country's GDP but was accompanied by substantial reallocation of labor to the unregulated sector while formal employment was on gradual decline. The paper overviews evolution of the Russian labour market during the period of 2000-10 and discusses most general implications of informality to employment and earnings as well as the associated political economy challenges and consequences.

Keywords: informal labour market; employment; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J40 P2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2014-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cis, nep-iue, nep-lab, nep-lma and nep-tra
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Published - published in: S.Oxenstierna (ed.), The Challenges for Russia's Politicized Economic System: Routledge, 2015

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