| Author: | Young, K. |
| Title: | Unemployment benefits in St Petersburg: the poverty link? |
| Journal: | Europe-Asia Studies
1997 : DEC, VOL. 49:8, p. 1451-1470 |
| Index terms: | UNEMPLOYMENT RUSSIA ECONOMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The stated aim of the Russian system of unemployment benefits is to provide state support for the income of registered unemployed persons during a period of active job search. While the structure of unemployment benefits appears generous on paper, the real value of benefits has sharply deteriorated since their implementation. The erosion of benefits is only partially attributable to inflation. In locking unemployment benefits to the legal minimum wage, and in failing to index this minimum wage in accordance with the rising cost of living, the Russian government has had a hand in the impoverishment of a large proportion of benefit claimants. |
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