Informal Employment and Worker's Well-Being in the Russian Federation (English)

This paper finds that informal workers are more likely to have inferior work conditions, but do not necessarily report worse subjective well-being. Starting with lower wages, but also with less regularity of hours and paid vacation, informal workers have higher incidence of envelope payments than formal workers but not of hazardous or unstable jobs. After controlling for work conditions, informal workers do not have statistically significantly lower...

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Author

Kim,Yeon Soo;

Matytsin,Mikhail;

Freije-Rodriguez,Samuel;
Document Date
2019/08/20
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8989
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Russian Federation,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2019/08/20
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Informal Employment and Worker's Well-Being in the Russian Federation
Keywords
informal employment

Citation

Kim,Yeon Soo; Matytsin,Mikhail; Freije-Rodriguez,Samuel.

Informal Employment and Worker's Well-Being in the Russian Federation (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8989 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/701161566307007499

Informal Employment and Worker's Well-Being in the Russian Federation (English)

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