Noncognitive Skills and Employment in the Russian Labor Market

Student: Ronzhina Zlata

Faculty: St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management

Educational Programme: Economics (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2020

The research aims to investigate the effects of non-cognitive skills on unemployment, self-employment, informal and formal employment using data from Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS). The study applies Multinomial Probit model and implements Big 5 Personality Traits to account for non-cognitive abilities. The positive effect of conscientiousness and the negative effect of agreeableness on self-employment are found. Moreover, more neurotic and less conscientious personalities are less likely to be formal employees, while more agreeable ones are unemployed with higher probability. The gender-specific effects are examined as well. This is the first research which shed light on the link between non-cognitive abilities and employment in the Russian labor market.

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