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Possible Measures Aimed at Reducing Informal Employment and Hidden Wages

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  • Sinyavskaya, O.

    (Institute for Social Policy, National Research University - Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia)

  • Biryukova, S.

    (nstitute for Social Policy, National Research University - Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia)

Abstract

The scale of informal employment and hidden wages in Russia is significant and has increased even under conditions of economic growth and tax reforms throughout the 2000s. International experience proves that success in reducing the level of informal employment can only be achieved by implementing a comprehensive policy that combines incentives and sanctions in various spheres of regulation and includes broader tasks for improving institutions, economic reforms, and changing social norms related to relevance of informal relations. Within the framework of the study, based on an analysis of the specifics and causes of the existence of informal and shadow employment in Russia, authors formulate recommendations aimed at reducing informal employment and hidden wages. Recommendations take into account relevant international experience, as well as the specifics of the causes of informal employment in Russia and policies already undertaken by the Russian government.

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  • Sinyavskaya, O. & Biryukova, S., 2018. "Possible Measures Aimed at Reducing Informal Employment and Hidden Wages," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 37(1), pages 193-203.
    • Handle: RePEc:nea:journl:y:2018:i:37:p:193-203
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    1. Gimpelson, Vladimir & Kapeliushnikov, Rostislav, 2014. "Between Light and Shadow: Informality in the Russian Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers 8279, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Ioana Alexandra Horodnic & Colin C. Williams, 2021. "Cash wage payments in transition economies: Consequences of envelope wages," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 280-280, October.
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    Keywords

    informal employment; shadow employment; hidden wages; tax regulation; economic regulation;
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    JEL classification:

    • J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
    • J48 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Particular Labor Markets; Public Policy

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