The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of human capital accumulated by the Russian economy. Using the cross-country perspective it investigates both educational attainment and quality of education of the Russian workforce. Labor market...

Applying the lifetime income approach the paper provides estimates for Russia's stock of human capital. The results show that using an annual discount rate of 4 per cent and assuming annual labor productivity growth of 5,2 per cent, the market value of Russia's human capital stock in 2010 was...

Being the largest economy in the Eurasian region, Russia’s labor market affects economic performance and well-being in several former Soviet countries. Over the period 2000–2017, the Russian labor market survived several deep crises and underwent substantial structural changes. Major shocks...