Lukiyanova, Anna; Vishnevskaya, Nina - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2015
In this paper, we study the minimum wage reform in Russia, which aimed to decentralize the fixing of the minimum wage … agreements at regional levels. We show that the system of minimum wage setting has become more flexible. The reform succeeded in … effects in terms of employment. However, the reform did not lead to greater regional variation of minimum wages. It introduced …