Polarization or Upgrading? Evolution of Employment in Transitionary Russia

Vladimir Gimpelson and Rostislav Kapeliushnikov ()

No 8688, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper discusses the structural change in the Russian employment and explores whether the evolution of employment over 2000-2012 followed the scenario of progressive upgrading in job quality or brought about the polarization of jobs in terms of their quality. Jobs are defined here as occupation-industry cells and their quality is measured through relative earnings and education levels. Using detailed micro-data from a few complementary large scale surveys, we rank all jobs according to the earnings and educational criteria and divide these distributions into 5 quintiles. At the next stage, we explore dynamic changes in job quality and socio-demographic characteristics of workers in different quintiles. The paper rejects the polarization scenario and confirms the upgrading hypothesis.

Keywords: employment restructuring; job quality; job upgrading; job polarization; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2014-12
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Published - published in: Russian Journal of Economics, 2016, 2 (2), 192-218

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