The study explores how wages grow with experience in the Russian Federation. In all available cross-sectional data, the trajectory of the observed wage-experience profile is flat, peaks early, and declines sharply afterwards. This shape looks puzzling since it differs starkly from that observed...

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...

In this study, we explore the changing employment structure in the Russian economy since 2000. Does it change through a consequent substitution of relatively worse (in terms of quality) jobs by better jobs? Or through the destruction of middle quality jobs? Or do we observe stagnation and...