International Conference on Eurasian Economies
9-11 September 2015 – Kazan, RUSSIA
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1383
Status : Paper published
Language : Russian
Topic : Labor Economics and Migration
Presenter: Mrs. Alexandra Salatova
Session : 3E Макроэкономика
Features of Russian Unemployment and Unemployed: 2000-2014
Особенности Российской Безработицы и Безработных: 2000-2014гг
- Mrs. Alexandra Salatova (Kazan Federal University, Russia)
Abstract
The study of unemployment and the unemployed in Russia began in the 1990s. The three periods can be distinguished in the unemployment study: 1. 1992-1998 - Post-reform period of heightened public attention. 2. 1999-2008 Post-transformation recovery period - attempts to explore the correlations between unemployment and the main socio-economic trends. 3. 2009 - present. Period of protracted economic and financial crisis – the themes of unemployment losing its actuality, despite the fact that Russians still fear of firing and the job-hunting difficulties. However, there are the lack of articles, which are analyzed the present features of the unemployment and unemployed in Russia. The paper based on the results of analysis of socio-economic development indicators and the statistical data by the Federal State Statistical Service for 2000-2014 for the Central, Volga and North-Caucasian Federal Districts (with lowest, medium and highest levels of unemployment respectively). Findings: Russian unemployed do not form a particular social stratum. The large number of unemployed people live in cities; the number of rural unemployed is almost constant and does not fluctuate in crisis. The number of unemployed as men as women is reducing. Data on gender structure of the unemployed allow mention the labor market is becoming more civilized: a female unemployment rate lower than male; there is no trend to the preferential exclusion of women from labor market. The average age of the unemployed is increasing, possibly due to the innovation economy needs in new skills, and professional inertia of older people.
JEL codes: R23, E24
Salatova, Alexandra (2015). "Features of Russian Unemployment and Unemployed: 2000-2014" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2015, pp.785-794, Kazan, RUSSIA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C06.01383
