The retirement age raise is bound to create certain risks for the labor market. Nevertheless, statistics point to the existence of an informal agreement between employees and employers that the retirement age should mark the end of an employment history. If such is the case, a raised retirement...

In 2017, the labor market was recovering after the crisis: the rate of unemployment declined and wages increased. Recovery processes were largely facilitated by workforce reduction which began last year. The first evidence of labor shortages emerged on the labor market which saw full employment...

In the course of four recent years the unemployment level in the Russian Federation is on the decline. However, application of alternative criteria for the estimation of underutilized labor resources demonstrate somewhat different dynamics. In 2019, we observed growth of potential workforce...