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 employment for Russia could hardly be regarded as methodologically robust. …According to the existing literature, informality rates for Russia vary in a wide range from slightly more than 5 to … paper investigates the degree of congruence between several alternative definitions of the informal employment in the …

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 …

Numerous studies of informal employment were focused on its possible impact on the income of informal workers. However … consequences of informal employment for socioeconomic position of workers and social inequality in general couldn't be reduced to … workers in Russia in 2000-2010. The study was carried out on the basis of a large nationally representative panel: the Russia …

The paper discusses evolution of the informal employment in the Russian labour market over the last decade. It uses all … employment and distinguish salaried informal workers and informal self-employed as two major informal groups. A simple …