Household real disposable income and real pensions decelerated by 6.1% and 2.5% in December 2016 in comparison with the same period of 2015 (Fig. 1). In contrast, real wage went up by 2.4% in December 2016 compared to the same period of the previous year

During a pandemic, the majority of young people find a job by using their connections. The relative share of those who believed that it was difficult to find a job that matched their chosen specialty was 40% among the surveyed young people who had received a high-quality education and worked...