Q1 2016 as H2 2015 demonstrated that the crisis in the regions has turned into a slow rolling phase. Everybody is gradually adapting to the new reality: industry, labor markets, and the population, which is cutting consumption in line with falling income. Regional picture has become even more...

In 2016, almost all the main labor market indicators, that is, wages and salaries, the level of the rate of unemployment and the share of part-time employment are close to the levels of 2015. The labor market virtually stands still in a state of shaky equilibrium. However, there are serious...

Using data on the U.S., we study the effects of employer-provided health insurance on dynamic employment substitution between 1990 and 2007 by exploiting the interindustry variation in health care coverage. We find that industries with a high health benefit structure in 1990 have experienced...

Results of the December wave of monitoring of the social status and behavior of the population (telephone survey) do not demonstrate any deterioration at the Russian labor market. Despite the pandemic challenging situation, respondents note a slight increase in wages and salaries; the share of...

A model is developed to predict the effects of recently proposed amendments to the FLSA workweek and overtime provisions. It contrasts allowing compensatory time for overtime pay for private non-exempt employees to “rights to request” reduced hours. It finds that hours demanded are likely to...

Contrary to much of the established literature, this paper finds that though many older workers would prefer to reduce their working hours (the overemployed), there is a significant group who would like to work longer hours (the underemployed). And contrary to the assumption that the...

This paper evaluates the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the inflow of remittances in Bangladesh. A Tableau dashboard is designed on total remittance received and COVID-19 confirmed cases along with the death of remitter countries for January and February of 2020. This pandemic has already been...

We conducted an experiment in which we hired workers under different types of contracts to evaluate how flexible working time affects on-the-job productivity in a routine job. Our approach breaks down the global impact on productivity into sorting and behavioral effects. We find that all forms...