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Macroeconomic and structural properties of the Russian labor market: A cross-country comparison
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Abstract We suggest a new way to identify salient features of the Russian labor market. Parameters of basic macroeconomic models pertinent to the Russian labor market are compared to a sample of other countries. We find that estimated values of Okun's coefficient and the elasticity of real wages to labor pro... mehr
We suggest a new way to identify salient features of the Russian labor market. Parameters of basic macroeconomic models pertinent to the Russian labor market are compared to a sample of other countries. We find that estimated values of Okun's coefficient and the elasticity of real wages to labor productivity in Russia are typical for emerging markets. What really distinguishes the labor market is that the elasticity of real wages relative to unemployment in Russia is very high by international standards. The overall conclusion is that the Russian labor market can be characterized by a combination of serious structural problems (such as low employee mobility, the significant size of the shadow sector, etc.) and solid macroeconomic performance, verified by the persistently low rate of unemployment in recent years.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Migration; Russland; Arbeitsmarkt
Klassifikation
Arbeitsmarktforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Russian labor market; cross-country comparative analysis; macroeconomic models
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 411-424
Zeitschriftentitel
Russian Journal of Economics, 3 (2017) 4
ISSN
2618-7213
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0