This paper considers the school-to-work transition and discusses its distinctive features in the Russian economy. Using RLMS data covering 1995-2003 years we estimate which factors and to what extent affect the transition. We also examine effects of regional unemploymentand wages, sharing work...

Russian Abstract: Проблемы современного рынка труда являются объектом нарастающего интереса в научных исследованиях, политических дискуссиях и управленческой...

Russian Abstract: Докладът разглежда ролята и значението на обществените служби по заетостта (ОСЗ), отчитащи съвременните тенденции в социалното и икономическо...

Russian Abstract: Политические изменения в начале 90-х годов ХХ века в Болгарии заложили основы для создания реального рынка труда и проведения основных реформ...

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...

The article is devoted to one of the key institutional traps of the economy in transition. Namely to dominated since the Soviet period system of low wages linked inseparably with the configuration of the social sphere. The author considers the construction as before puts obstacles in the way of...