abstract: 'The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of circumstances

  (opportunities) and efforts on the wages differentiation of Russian

  citizens. Research objectives: identification of factors of

  circumstances, quantitative assessment of their contribution to the

  wages of Russians and their individual income groups. The research is

  based on the HSE RLMS data for 2004 and 2018 and LITS-III data for 2016.

  We applied parametric methods of regression analysis, the

  Morduch-Sicular method of inequality decomposition, as well as the

  construction of quantile regressions. As a result of the study, we

  obtained assessments of the contribution of circumstances to wages

  inequality of the Russian population. We found that income inequality in

  the Russian labour market was primarily determined by the regional

  factor, to a lesser extent by the employment sector and the gender of

  the respondents. The least contribution to inequality was made by the

  factor of the employment formality. The influence of parents'' education

  on future earnings of offspring was also negligible - according to the

  model based on the LITS-III sample. The reduction in the contribution of

  circumstances to the general wage inequality in Russia in 2004-2018 was

  mainly due to a decrease in interregional differences in wages, where an

  active government policy of income redistribution played a significant

  role. The influence of circumstances on wage inequality was uneven in

  different quantiles of the distribution scale. In particular, employment

  in the metropolitan area or in the oil and gas sector has been most

  beneficial to high-income groups of workers. At the same time, parents''

  education had the least and even negative effect on the earnings of the

  highest-paid people, which can be explained by the peculiarities of the

  formation of the modern Russian elite. The results of the study are

  applicable for conducting an effective social policy of the state.'
affiliation: 'Malkina, MY (Corresponding Author), Lobachevsky State Univ Nizhni Novgorod,
  Natl Res Univ, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia.

  Malkina, Marina Yu., Lobachevsky State Univ Nizhni Novgorod, Natl Res Univ, Nizhnii
  Novgorod, Russia.

  Ovchinnikov, Vyacheslav N., Lobachevsky State Univ Nizhni Novgorod, Natl Res Univ,
  Minist Finance Russian Federat, Financial Res Inst, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia.'
author: Malkina, Marina Yu. and Ovchinnikov, Vyacheslav N.
author-email: 'mmuri@yandex.ru

  vyacheslav\_ovchinnikov\_1993@mail.ru'
author_list:
- family: Malkina
  given: Marina Yu.
- family: Ovchinnikov
  given: Vyacheslav N.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.17835/2076-6297.2022.14.1
eissn: 2412-6039
files: []
issn: 2076-6297
journal: JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES
keywords: 'wages and salaries; differentiation; circumstances; inequality;

  decomposition; unconditional quantile'
keywords-plus: 'OPPORTUNITY THEORY; MISSING DATA; INEQUALITY; EQUALITY; DECOMPOSITION;

  HEALTH'
language: English
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '23'
pages: 81-95
papis_id: 31adbfeb6414829625d7b6517cc8ab26
ref: Malkina2022rolecircumstances
researcherid-numbers: Овчинников, Вячеслав/X-5425-2019
times-cited: '0'
title: THE ROLE OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE DIFFERENTIATION OF RUSSIAN WAGES
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000925824300007
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
volume: '14'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2022'