This paper is the first to analyze the costs of job loss in Russia, using unique new data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey over the years 2003-2008, including a special supplement on displacement that was initiated by us. We employ fixed effects regression models and propensity...

Having unique data we investigate informal employment and "envelope payments" as additional costs of worker displacement in the Russian labor market. In particular we analyze whether displaced workers experience more involuntary informal employment than their non-displaced counterparts. Our main...

Informal activities impact countries'economic development and overall growth. However, studying informal employment is not easy and it is crucial to provide a valid definition of it. This paper contributes to the recent discussion of the measures of informality by taking advantage of a rich...