TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Tan, Hong
AU  - Savchenko, Yevgeniya
AU  - Gimpelson, Vladimir
AU  - Kapeliushnikov, Rostislav
AU  - Lukiyanova, Anna
        TI  - Skills Shortages and Training in Russian Enterprises
        PY  - 2007/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2751
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2751
        AB  - In the transition to a market economy, the Russian workforce underwent a wrenching period of change, with excess supply of some industrial skills coexisting with reports of skill shortages by many enterprises. This paper uses data from the Russia Competitiveness and Investment Climate Survey and related local research to gain insights into the changing supply and demand for skills over time, and the potential reasons for reported staffing problems and skill shortages, including labor turnover, compensation policies and the inhibiting effects of labor regulations. It discusses in-service training as an enterprise strategy for meeting staffing and skill needs, and presents evidence on the distribution, intensity and determinants of in-service training in Russia. It investigates the productivity and wages outcomes of in-service training, and the supportive role of training in firms’ research and development (R&D) and innovative activities. A final section concludes with some policy implications of the findings.
        KW  - human capital
KW  - transition
KW  - skills
KW  - training
KW  - employment protection legislation
KW  - Russia
        ER  -