Informal activities impact countries' economic development and overall growth. However, studying informal employment is … measures of informality by taking advantage of a rich dataset on Russia over the period 2003 - 2011, that is before and after … informal employment and to analyze its determinants. We demonstrate that the incidence of informal employment varies across the …

This paper takes stock of informal employment in Russia analysing its incidence and determinants. Using the regular … measures of informal employment and demonstrates that the incidence varies widely across the different definitions. We also … show that the determinants of informal employment are roughly stable across the different measures: workers who are males …

Informal activities impact countries'economic development and overall growth. However, studying informal employment is … measures of informality by taking advantage of a rich dataset on Russia over the period 2003 - 2011, that is before and after … informal employment and to analyze its determinants. We demonstrate that the incidence of informal employment varies across the …

This paper takes stock of informal employment in Russia analyzing its incidence and determinants. Using the regular … informal employment and demonstrates that the incidence varies widely across the different definitions. We also show that the … determinants of informal employment are roughly stable across the different measures: workers who are males, relatively young …

This paper takes stock of informal employment in Russia analyzing its incidence and determinants. Using the regular … informal employment and demonstrates that the incidence varies widely across the different definitions. We also show that the … determinants of informal employment are roughly stable across the different measures: workers who are males, relatively young …

Economic growth in Russia in the first decade of this century almost doubled the country's GDP but was accompanied by … substantial reallocation of labor to the unregulated sector while formal employment was on gradual decline. The paper overviews … employment and earnings as well as the associated political economy challenges and consequences. …

informality. Given the size of the informal sector in Russia (19-28% of total employment), any tightening of enforcement must be … the choice between formal and informal employment and between selfemployment and wage employment. We depart from the most … coverage by social security contributions, primarily, contributions to the Pension Fund. We find that types of employment …

In this paper I investigate the impact of informality on earnings inequality in Russia using RLMS-HSE data for 2000 … exception of decline in irregular employment …

In this paper, we investigate the impact of informality on earnings inequality in Russia using the RLMS - HSE data for …, Fortin and Lemieux (Fipro et al., 2009). Our results confirm the heterogeneity of informal employment with specific standing … without permanent job. -- informal employment ; earnings inequality ; quantile regression ; decomposition …

Informal activities impact countries' economic development and overall growth. However, studying informal employment is … measures of informality by taking advantage of a rich dataset on Russia over the period 2003 - 2011, that is before and after … informal employment and to analyze its determinants. We demonstrate that the incidence of informal employment varies across the …