Labor market in Russia

This particular work intends to make a deeper insight into the situation on the Russian labor market from 1990 and until the present days, analyzing various aspects of market, its peculiarities and main drivers that caused the market changes. At the same time the analyses, made in this work, give an opportunity to see the main tendencies and dynamics of the Russian labor market and to determine the factors that had influence on them.

Introduction ……………………………………………………3


1. Russian labor market during 1990-2007 …………………..4

1.1 Labor market flows in transition ………………………….4

1.2 Employment in Russia during 1990- 2007 ………………..5

1.3 Income disparity in Russia ………………………………..8

1.4 Labor differentiation by gender …………………………..9


2. Russian labor market at the time of financial crisis ……..11


2.1 Labor market at the beginning of crisis …………………11

2.1.1 Impact on specific industries …………………………………12

2.2 Salaries and compensations at the beginning of crisis …..13

2.3 Real crisis impact on labor market ……………………....14

2.3.1 Unemployment …………………………………………………..14

2.3.2 Real wages and shorter working hours ………………………15

2.3.3 Impact on industries and regions ……………………………..15

3. Current situation on the labor market ……………………16

3.1 Governmental support …………………………………....19

Conclusion ……………………………………………………..20

Endnotes ......................................................................................22

Bibliography ……………………………………………………23

Appendix ……………………………………………………….24