Wage arrears are widespread in Russia, and are one of the main causes of uncertainty in the labour market. In this … household income risk, based on the uncertainty due to wage arrears. We then use this measure of uncertainty to test the … precautionary saving hypothesis, according to which households save to self-insure against risk. We find significant evidence of …

.6 percent overall in 1992 to 10.1 percent in 1996. Economic conditions prevalent in Russia's labor market are found to strongly …

the high level and persistence of fear of unemployment in Russia may be caused by non-economic factors. …Using the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey data, the paper examines Russian workers’ fear of unemployment under … relevant re-employment in case of displacement. In order to get the best possible measurement of unemployment for those local …