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Stuck Between Surplus and Shortage: Demand for Skills in Russian Industry
Ch. 2. P. 47–76.
In order to remain competitive, firms need to keep the quantity and composition of jobs close to optimal for their given output. Since the beginning of the transition period, Russian industrial firms have been widely reporting that the quantity and composition of hired labour is far from being optimal. This paper discusses what kinds of firms in the Russian manufacturing sector are unable to optimize their employment and why. The main conclusion is that the key issue is an excess of nonviable firms and a shortage of highly efficient firms because of weak selection mechanisms. The main solution is seen to be the creation of institutional conditions that stimulate a more efficient reallocation of labour. The analysis presented in this chapter is based on data from a large-scale survey of Russian manufacturing firms.
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Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Smirnykh L. I., Applied Economics 2026 Vol. 58 No. 12 P. 2398–2410
This study analyses the impact of digital technology adoption by enterprises on the hiring and firing of older workers. Data from the Russian Enterprise Survey for 2021–2022 are used for the analysis. Estimates are conducted for workers of retirement and pre-retirement age. The impact of enterprise digitalization on hiring and firing and the probability that ...
Added: March 3, 2026
Tolstykh D., Maltseva V., Pavlenko E., Polar Record 2026 Vol. 62 Article e12
This article explores how young people in Norilsk—Russia’s largest Arctic city and a global exemplar of industrial monotown development—negotiate their futures amid extreme environmental challenges, social isolation, and economic uncertainty. Drawing on 31 in-depth interviews with vocational students of industrial specializations, the paper examines the ways in which youth navigate a unique “here” (Norilsk) versus ...
Added: February 5, 2026
Nefedova A., Anna B., Мир России: Социология, этнология 2026 Т. 35 № 2 С. 45–67
The article presents the results of an analysis of career strategies of young Russian scientists, conducted through the lens of the theoretical concept of "three careers of a scientist" proposed by German sociologists of science Grit Laudel and Jochen Gläser. Based on survey data from highly productive young scientists and in-depth interviews conducted in 2022, ...
Added: January 20, 2026
Musaev A., Cross-Cultural Research 2026 Vol. 60 No. 2 P. 243–272
We examine whether regional sectoral employment structure helps explain cross-regional variation in individualism–collectivism (IC) beyond income. Using a representative CATI survey of more than 18,000 respondents from 60 Russian regions (2019–2020) linked to employment statistics, we estimate OLS models of regional IC with log GRP per capita and controls (inequality, education, life expectancy, latitude, political ...
Added: November 23, 2025
Smirnykh L. I., Вопросы экономики 2025 № 9 С. 88–102
This article evaluates the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on changes in the number of employed workers in Russian enterprises. For the analysis, data from the enterprise survey for the years 2022—2023 were used. The data is representative of Russia. The estimates were obtained using econometric methods. The endogeneity of the regressor (AI) was ...
Added: September 16, 2025
Antonov E.V., Sheludkov A.V., Regional Research of Russia 2025 Vol. 15 P. 57–69
The article analyzes the processes in the labor market of Russian regions and municipalities in 2019–2022. Despite the crisis-related events associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the outbreak of hostilities, and subsequent international sanctions, the Russian labor market demonstrated amazing resilience during this period. One of the objectives of the study is to supplement the analysis ...
Added: July 22, 2025
Petrovskaya N., Киселева С. С., Вестник Университета (Государственный университет управления) 2024 № 2 С. 23–30
The purpose of the study is to examine small businesses digital transformation in the US in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The subject of the study is the pandemic impact on small businesses digitalization in the US. The coronavirus had a huge impact on the small business sphere, influenced the distribution of these businesses ...
Added: June 23, 2025
Kareva D., Стужук Д. А., Демографическое обозрение 2025 Т. 12 № 1 С. 104–125
Family care is the preferred form of support for those in need. For the caregivers, however, this can have negative consequences - deterioration of health, loss of job, reduced income, lack of free time. In Russia, the problem is relevant due to the insufficient development of the social infrastructure of care. The purpose of this ...
Added: April 4, 2025
Maltseva V., Nikitin M., Мировая экономика и международные отношения 2025 Т. 69 № 5 С. 121–131
The paper explores the changing demand for skills and qualifications under the influence of technological progress and the implementation of artificial intelligence. The research issue is examined in three dimensions: the structure of skills in the labour market, the returns to education, and the demand for specific skills and competences. A systematic analysis of 125 ...
Added: February 26, 2025
Anastasiia S. Andreeva, Ekaterina S. Bemler, Journal of Youth Studies 2025 Vol. 28 No. 2 P. 462–477
The article examines the life and career choices of contemporary Russian youth in the context of uncertainty, and analyzes the transformation of wage labor and its significance for social identity. The study is based on a qualitative analysis of 47 in-depth interviews with young employees from St. Petersburg, which allows for a deeper understanding of ...
Added: November 20, 2024
Elsayed A., Alina Shirshikova, Journal of Development Economics 2023 Vol. 163 Article 103101
We examine the effects of the large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s. We found that opening a local university increased the likelihood of obtaining higher education degrees and had long-lasting positive effects on labor market and marriage outcomes, particularly for women. We give insights on internal migration as a channel ...
Added: November 5, 2024
Kozyreva P. M., Nizamova A. E., Smirnov A. I., Уровень жизни населения регионов России 2024 Т. 20 № 3 С. 415–425
This article analyzes changes in the level of employment and time spent by Russians working in personal subsidiary plots and other individual farms, non-profit partnerships in 1994–2021. The analysis is based on data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of the Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE). The object of the study is employment and duration ...
Added: September 16, 2024
Oxford University Press, 2014.
Most countries implement social protection programs to help individuals manage income shocks and reduce poverty. Programs can be divided into two broad categories: social insurance and social assistance. Social insurance (SI) focuses on consumption smoothing. The most common programs include unemployment benefits, old-age, disability, and survivorship pensions, as well as health insurance. Social assistance (SA) ...
Added: September 11, 2024
Сельско-городская миграция в современной России через призму количественного и качественного анализа
Карцева М. А., Mkrtchyan N. V., Florinskaya Y., Крестьяноведение 2024 Т. 9 № 2 С. 153–179
The authors consider the Russian rural-urban migration, focusing on its current trends. The migration loss of rural population has decreased slightly; however, the outflow from rural areas depends on multidirectional processes in suburbs and peripheral villages. According to the Russian Federal State Statistics Service, rural periphery continues to experience a strong migration decline, while the ...
Added: September 5, 2024
Титор С. Е., Шагиева Р. В., Ерохина А. В. et al., М.: Русайнс, 2024.
The monograph was prepared within the framework of the GUU grant (Research and Development No. 1005-23) and is a comprehensive scientific and practical study. The paper touches upon the issues of the historical development of the legal regulation of vocational education in Russia, examines the evolution of the mechanisms of its legal regulation, analyzes foreign ...
Added: August 11, 2024
Gorina E., Ter-Akopov S., Cherviakova A. A. et al., Вопросы экономики 2024 № 6 С. 133–149
The article presents scenario modeling of the effects of an increase in the minimum wage on the population income and the poverty rate and gap in Russia. The authors use data from the Rosstat Survey of Population Income and Participation in Social Programs and consider three scenarios for increasing the minimum wage ranging from 6.3% (actual increase in 2023) ...
Added: June 10, 2024
Batusova E. S., Вестник Университета имени О.Е. Кутафина 2024 № 2 С. 109–120
It is necessary to continue analysis of the new understanding of the definition of “labour” proposed by the author in terms of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation approved during the all-Russian vote on July 1, 2020. The purpose of the article is to develop and formulate an innovative concept of labour for the ...
Added: May 21, 2024
Васильева Е. В., Dneprovskaya N., Информационное общество 2024 № 2 С. 52–67
Digital platforms are widely used by organizations to perform HR functions such as recruiting and personnel training. While interactions between organizations and employees expand in the digital environment, the need for integrated workforce ecosystem is emerging. The analysis of approaches to the definition of a digital platform showed that its distinguishing features from other automated ...
Added: May 1, 2024
Glezer Olga, Antonov E., Safronov S. et al., , in: Local Government and the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Global Perspective.: Cham: Springer, 2022. Ch. 21 P. 537–585.
Added: February 29, 2024
Sorokin P. S., Maltseva V., Форсайт 2024 Т. 18 № 1 С. 6–17
The study aims to empirically demonstrate and conceptually interpret the manifestations of an emerging approach to the issues of human capital, its measurement and development on the international academic, expert, and corporate agenda. We document a gradual shift from a focus on individual skills, their measurement and development, to an approach that considers the complexity ...
Added: January 29, 2024