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Are Interregional Wage Differentials in Russia Compensative?
Oshchepkov, Aleksey - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
Interregional differentials in nominal wages in the Russian Federation are huge compared to other countries. Using the NOBUS micro-data and a methodology based on the estimation of the wage equation augmented by aggregate regional characteristics, we show that these differentials have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963848
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Grime and Punishment: Insecurity and Wage Arrears in the Russian Federation
Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan; Acquisti, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
Using information from two complementary household survey data sets, we show that the dominant form of labor market adjustment in the Russian transition process has been the delayed receipt of wages. More than half the workforce is experiencing some form of disruption to their pay. Wage arrears...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703502
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Russian Cities in Transition: The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2004
This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005839100
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Russian Cities in Transition: The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763516
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Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities
Berger, Mark C.; Blomquist, Glenn C.; Peter, Klara … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
. While Russia is undergoing transition to a market economy, we find ample evidence that compensating differentials for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763711
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The Political Economy of Russian City Growth
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 1999
This paper examines the political economy of Russian city growth. For the 1980s, we model the growth of 168 Russian cities located in 71 Russian provinces (oblast level). We examine the role of both general socio-economic characteristics and specific state controls. Our goal is to understand the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005800374
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How Late to Pay? Understanding Wage Arrears in Russia
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002
We organize an empirical analysis of Russian wage arrears around hypotheses concerning factors that create incentives for firms to pay late and for workers to tolerate late payment, both reinforced by a prevalent environment of overdue wages. Our analysis draws upon nationally representative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030693
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Russian Cities in Transition: The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s
Gang, Ira N.; Stuart, Robert C. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004
This paper analyses Russian city growth during the command and transition eras. Our main focus is on understanding the extent to which market forces are replacing command forces, and the resulting changes in Russian city growth patterns. We examine net migration rates for a sample of 171 medium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652625
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Wage Arrears and the Distribution of Earnings in Russia
Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2001
The increase in wage inequality in Russia during its transition process has far exceeded the increase in wage … dispersion observed in other European countries undergoing transition. Russia also has an extremely large incidence of wage … arrears. We analyse to what extent wage arrears affect the wage distribution and measures of wage inequality in Russia. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652663
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The Duration of Unemployment in Russia
Grogan, Louise; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
This paper uses longitudinal survey data to assess factors affecting the duration of unemployment in Russia. We examine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114500