Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2020)

Informal Employment and the Shadow Economy: Essence and Social Functions

Authors
E O Akvazba, T E Uhabina, A V Starkova
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E O Akvazba
Available Online 17 March 2020.
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10.2991/aebmr.k.200312.284How to use a DOI?
Abstract

An overview of existing approaches to the concept of the shadow economy and its role in the development of the country is given in the article. The authors describe the shadow economy as a socio-economic phenomenon that has a significant impact on the labor and social situation in Russia, and in particular in the Tyumen region, in connection with which data on the situation in the labor market and informal employment are presented in the article. The analysis of the socio-economic situation, social and economic policy, which is implemented in modern Russia, is given in the context of social indicators and in relation to other countries. The article is devoted to the study of the shadow economy of Russia in modern conditions. The volume of the largest shadow economies of the world is considered in the article. The main factors determining the scale of the shadow economy in Russia are identified, the statistical data of informal employment are analyzed. The main trends of modern socio-economic policy are described in the article in connection with the importance of the problem of the shadow economy and informal employment. Measures to reduce the rate of informal employment with a focus on its sources and causes are systematized.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2020)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
17 March 2020
ISBN
978-94-6252-929-8
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/aebmr.k.200312.284How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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