Numerous economic, sociological and psychological studies show that job loss leads to the major decline of social position measured by various indicators like income level, subjective wellbeing, life chances, job-search abilities. Job loss also leads to the serious downfall of subjective social...

We analyze mobility of Russian workers through the lens of major fl ows during the period of 2000-2012. The paper focuses on intensity and direction of fl ows and exploits panel micro-data from the RLMS for the corresponding period. Three simple techniques are used in this study. First, these...

We consider the concept of a wage curve describing a negative relationship between unemployment and wages. We suggest an explanation of the wage curve using a number of theoretical labor market models, and present an empirical result of its determination for Russia obtained from analysis of...