Numerous studies of informal employment were focused on its possible impact on the income of informal workers. However consequences of informal employment for socioeconomic position of workers and social inequality in general couldn't be reduced to the monetary changes. This article presents the...

In the end of 2012 the Russian economy entered a period of permanently declining growth rates. The paper provides a thorough analysis of the labor market performance under these new conditions. We explain why despite the economic stagnation its basic characteristics - labor force participation,...