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Informal Employment in Russia: Overview Oksana Sinyavskaya Daria Popova Workforce Development and Skills Mismatch — GPN Methodology Seminar 26-28, June 2003

Russia's output, population, and employment growth (% change): 

Russia's output, population, and employment growth (% change) * estimate

Total (Based on the ILO Definition) and Registered Unemployment: 

Total (Based on the ILO Definition) and Registered Unemployment

Distribution of Unemployed by Average Duration of Searching a Job: 1992 - 2001: 

Distribution of Unemployed by Average Duration of Searching a Job: 1992 - 2001

Differentiation of Wages and Incomes: 1991 - 2001: 

Differentiation of Wages and Incomes: 1991 - 2001

Poverty Rate and and Poverty Gap: 1992-2000: 

Poverty Rate and and Poverty Gap: 1992-2000

Poverty rates (per cent): Russia’s Statistics Committee data: 

Poverty rates (per cent): Russia’s Statistics Committee data

A Conceptual Framework: the Informal Employment : 

A Conceptual Framework: the Informal Employment

DATA SOURCES: 

DATA SOURCES Population Surveys on Employment Issues (Russia’s State Statistics Agency - Goskomstat), quarterly, since 1999, N = appr. 250-260 thousands respondents Population Survey on Social and Economic Situation of Russia’s Population (Carnegie Moscow Center), 2000, N = 5000 households Russia’s Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (Institute of Sociology and Institute of Nutrition of Russian Academy of Sciences, and Paragon Research International), panel since 1994, autumn of 1998-2001, N = appr. 4500 households (more than 10000 respondents) VCIOM’s Monitoring (Russian Center for Public Opinion and Market Research - VCIOM), 1998-2001, November, N = appr. 2400 respondents

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONS: 

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONS Shadow Economy: Informal Labor Relations in Formal Sector

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONSInformal Economy: 

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONS Informal Economy Russia’s State Statistics Committee - Goskomstat

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONSInformal Economy: 

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONS Informal Economy Household Survey of Carnegie Moscow Center (2000)

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONSInformal Economy: 

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONS Informal Economy Russia’s Longitudinal Monitoring Survey

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONSInformal Economy: 

EMPIRICAL DEFINITIONS Informal Economy VCIOM’s Monitoring

Informal Employment in Urban and Rural Area * : 

Informal Employment in Urban and Rural Area * * Russia’s State Statistics Agency – Goskomstat 2001

Informal Employment in Rural Area: Composition of Per Capita Aggregate Receipts by Income Groups: 

Informal Employment in Rural Area: Composition of Per Capita Aggregate Receipts by Income Groups

Dynamics of Informal Employment in Formal and Informal Sectors, Urban Population, Multiple Jobs(% of total employment) : 

Dynamics of Informal Employment in Formal and Informal Sectors, Urban Population, Multiple Jobs (% of total employment) * Goskomstat (National Statistics Agency) data do not include any of shadow employment ** 8.9% for share of urban population employed in informal sector in non-agriculcural activities

The Unit Weight of Expenditure on Work remuneration in GDP and Cost of Inputs into Production: 

The Unit Weight of Expenditure on Work remuneration in GDP and Cost of Inputs into Production

Structure of Informal Employment, Urban Population 2000: 

Structure of Informal Employment, Urban Population 2000 * Value equals to 1

Gender Composition of Employment in Informal Sector, Urban Population : 

Gender Composition of Employment in Informal Sector, Urban Population

Education Profile of Informally Employed, Urban Population / Main Job, 2000: 

Education Profile of Informally Employed, Urban Population / Main Job, 2000

Age Profile of Informally Employed, Urban population / Main Job, 2000 : 

Age Profile of Informally Employed, Urban population / Main Job, 2000

Spheres of Concentration of Informal Employment: Branches of Economy, Urban Population: 

Spheres of Concentration of Informal Employment: Branches of Economy, Urban Population * main / the only job

Spheres of Concentration of Informal Employment: Professional Groups, Urban Population / Main Job: 

Spheres of Concentration of Informal Employment: Professional Groups, Urban Population / Main Job

Issues for Future Research : 

Concepts of informal employment: Formal, informal and self-employment, Informal employment outside informal enterprises, Informality within labor contracts, Working at home, on the streets, etc., Informal employment in rural area, Policy implications: Inequality in informal economy: vulnerable groups, Social guarantees, wages/salaries, and working hours Issues for Future Research

Issues for Future Research (cont.): 

Data: Comparability of empirical definitions used in surveys, Detailed questions / special survey on informal employment, Improving both qualitative and quantitative researches Issues for Future Research (cont.)