In the course of four recent years the unemployment level in the Russian Federation is on the decline. However, application of alternative criteria for the estimation of underutilized labor resources demonstrate somewhat different dynamics. In 2019, we observed growth of potential workforce...

The retirement age raise is bound to create certain risks for the labor market. Nevertheless, statistics point to the existence of an informal agreement between employees and employers that the retirement age should mark the end of an employment history. If such is the case, a raised retirement...

This paper examines the impact of the 34% increase in pensions in Russia at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 on the labor market participation of pensioners. Several particular features of the pension system in Russia allow us to estimate the net effect of income from such a reform. For...