Methodological Approaches to Study of Informal Employment
Methodological Approaches to Study of Informal Employment

Summary/Abstract: Under the modern conditions, the problem of informal economy and informal employment attracts more scientific and practical interest. Informal relations of employment are characterized by high level of uncertainty which requires full analysis and study, as well as development of adequate state policy aimed at reduction of its scales. The purpose of this research consists in study of methodological approaches to research of informal employment in the world and in the Russian Federation. In order to achieve the above goal, the economic & statistical methods of research, economic and comparative analysis, and method of sociological survey were used. Practical developments were based on complex & structural and expert approaches, methods of comparison and modeling. The performed research provides approached to determination of informal employment of population and methods of evaluation of its scale. A study of informal employment in Voronezh Oblast of the Russian Federation was performed, which allowed determining its level and causes. Positive and negative consequences of this phenomenon for Russia economy were described. Directions for reduction of informal employment were offered.

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