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The Formation of a Labour Market in Russia

By Simon Clarke

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
1858988314, 9781858988313
Open Library ID
OL12043060M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
936 kB (958286 bytes)
Pages
328\319
Topic
Geography Russia
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The Russian labour market has been hailed by some economists as being "perfectly flexible", because Russia has achieved enormous employment restructuring with minimal unemployment, and by others as plagued by rigidities, as pay structures have been frozen, inequality has increased and job creation has been negligible. Such disagreements reflect both the lack of serious research on the formation of a labour market in Russia and the lack of theoretical agreement as to what constitutes a labour market. Clarke addresses these empirical and theoretical issues on the basis of statistical survey and case study data collected within the framework of a large-scale collaborative research programme on the restructuring of labour and employment in Russia. The text reviews the historical context, the statistical data and the theoretical issues before proceeding to a detailed analysis of the development of the labour market strategies of employers and employees.

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