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Labor force participation, regional location, and economic well-being of single mothers in Russia

Kanji, Shireen. (2011) Labor force participation, regional location, and economic well-being of single mothers in Russia. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 32 (1). pp. 62-72.

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Abstract

This paper tests the contribution of increased labor market participation to a substantial narrowing of the gap in material welfare between two parent and single mother households in Russia in the period 1996-2003. Decomposition analysis employing the technique of Juhn et al. (Accounting for a slowdown in black-white wage convergence, Kosters (ed), 1991) and data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey shows that increased labor market participation explains about one-third of the narrowing of the welfare gap. Changes in the regional distribution of single mother households, specifically increasing concentration in Moscow and St Petersburg, have proved critical because of the higher wages available in these cities. Thus quality of employment has been as important as increased participation in the labor market.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Fachbereich Soziologie
04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Fachbereich Soziologie > Sozialforschung und Methodologie (Bergman)
UniBasel Contributors:Kanji, Shireen
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:1058-0476
e-ISSN:1573-3475
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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