Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272705 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16078
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this study, we explore the changing employment structure in the Russian economy since 2000. Does it change through a consequent substitution of relatively worst (in terms of quality) jobs by better jobs? Or through the destruction of middle quality jobs? Or do we observe stagnation and conservation of the job structure? Structural change of this sort can be brought by various factors among which technological progress and international trade that shape demand for labor of different quality and complexity play a special role. In search for clues to these questions, the authors use large data sets that cover two sub-periods divided by the 2008/9 crisis. The estimates presented in the paper allow the rejection of the polarization hypothesis and they document a fast upgrade of the job structure during the 1st sub-period and a stalemate during the 2nd one. Apparently, risks of job polarization are likely to be minimal until economic growth is recovered and a movement to the technological frontier is accelerated.
Subjects: 
job
job structure
employment
polarization
wage distribution
JEL: 
J21
J24
J31
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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