This paper examines the extent to which human capital theory can explain observed wage differentialsin the Russian Federation. Wage and income dispersion have increased markedly in Russia in the sixyears since the transition began. Some studies conclude that this is an indicator that Russian...

This paper investigates worker flows in Russia. Information onelapsed durationsof job tenure from the 1994-1996 Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS)and fromretrospective work history responses to the Institute for Labor Relations Research (ISITO) 1998 household survey is used. Competing...