Kholodova O.APublished in:
Russian Journal of Labor Economics
– Volume 3, Number 4 (October-December 2016)

JEL classification: J22, J28, K31

Keywords: crisis, half-day job, hidden unemployment, nonstandard employment


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Abstract:

Development and changes in the world economy had an impact on the labor market transformation. The article shows the consequence of this transformation such as the creation of a new form of employment - half-day job. We study reasons for the popularization of this type of employment in the European Union and Russia, its positive and negative effects on employees, employers and economy. The study gives a positive answer to the research question: Is it possible to ensure the increase of employment due to the growth of part-time employment contracts?

Highlights:

- the widespread development of standard forms of employment began to decline by the 70th of XX century
- the emergence and development of post-industrial society completed the widespread occurrence of non-standard forms of employment
- the majority of part-time workers are women. We may see this trend in all 28 EU countries
- the Russian labor market differs from the European despite the standard set of institutions in this field
- nonstandard employment conditions in Russia were not unique, but their diversity and concentration were significantly higher than in the EU
- the Russian labor market differs significantly from the European labor market due to the prevalence of informal relations over formal

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