The minimum social guarantee of employees’ wages in Russia: 2020-2021
Research Article
How to Cite
Migranova L.A., Popova R.I. The minimum social guarantee of employees’ wages in Russia: 2020-2021. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2021. Vol. 17. No. 4. P. 478-490. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/lsprr.2021.17.4.5 (in Russ.).
Abstract
In 2021 the methodological approaches to the assessment of the minimum wage and the subsistence minimum level (SML) undergone significant changes. According to federal law No 473-FZ of December 29, 2020, these minimum social guarantees are to be calculated relative to the median wage (at 42%) and the median per capita income (at 44.2%) for the past year. This article reviews the changes in the minimum social guarantees as regards employees’ wages in Russia and its regions in the past two years. A new methodology for estimating the median wages had not been developed by the start of 2021. According to Law No 473-FZ the federal minimum wage was set using the Pension Fund data at the rate of 12792 rubles per month. The majority of regions used the federal minimum wage as the basis for defining regional minimum wages. A comparative analysis of regional minimum wages in 2020 and 2021 was carried out for two groups of regions, the regions with regular climate conditions and the regions with special (extreme) climate conditions where the regional coefficient for wages is applied. The analysis shows that in 2021 the minimum wage increased by 5,5% compared to 2020 in most regions. The exception is 11 regions of the Russian Federation, where the minimum wage was set at an increased rate compared to the federal level. The article analyses the ratio of the minimum wage and means wage of all employees in 45 regions of the Russian Federation with normal climate conditions and in 16 regions with extreme climate conditions, where a unified rayon coefficient is set up at the territory of the region. The dynamics of this indicator allows for estimating the trends in wage inequality
Keywords:
regions of the Russian Federation, climate conditions, the minimum wage, the subsistence minimum level of the working-age population, the median wage, region wage coefficient, wage inequality
References
1. Bobkob V.N., Odintsova E.V., Guliugina A.A. Consumer basket as the basis of state guarantees of minimum income of the Russian citizens. Part 2. Population. 2020. Vol. 23. No. 4. P. 4–18. DOI: 10.19181/population.2020.23.4.1.
2. Gorbarets S.Yu. Minimalniy razmer oplaty truda: varianty regulirovaniya [The minimum wage: options of regulation]. Messenger of the research institute of labour and social security. 2009. No. 1. P. 78-81.
3. Zarabotnaya plata v mire v 2016–2017 gg. Neravenstvo v oplate truda na predpriyatiyakh [Global Wage Report 2016-2017: Wage Inequality in the Workplace]. Moscow: International Labour Organization. 2017. 164 p. (in Russ.).
4. Zarabotnaya plata v Rossii: evolyutsiya i differentsiatsiya [Wages in Russia: evolution and differentiation]. Moscow: Higher School of Economics. 2007. 575 p. (in Russ.).
5. Kolobova S.V. The minimum wage and the median wage in the mechanism of legal regulation of wages. Contemporary law. 2021. № 2. P. 60-67 (in Russ.).
6. Migranova L.A. Minimum Wage Guarantee in Rossiya and Its Regions. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2019. Vol. 15. No. 2. Р. 27-34. DOI: 10.24411/1999-9836-2019-10061 (in Russ.).
7. Migranova L.A., Popova R.I Impact of the Minimum Wage on Wages and Wage Inequality in 2019. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2019. Vol. 15. No. 4. Р. 21-35. DOI: 10.24411/1999-9836-2019-10079 (in Russ.).
8. Migranova L. A. Wage in Russia in 2015-2021. Population. 2021. Vol. 24. No. 3. P. 177-192. DOI: 10.19181/population.2021.24.3.3. (in Russ.).
9. Migranova L.A., Korchagina I.I. Social minimum living standard in Russia: мethods of estimatiing. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2021. Vol. 17. No. 2. Р. 192-203. DOI: 10.19181/lsprr.2021.17.2.3 (in Russ.)
10. Starokojeva V.I., Skovpen V.A. The method of defining the minimum wage in regions of the Russian Federation and international experience. Russian Journal of Labor Economics. 2020. Vol. 7. No. 10. P. 933-952. DOI:10.18334/et.7.10.111052 (in Russ.).
11. Toksanbaeva M.S. Minimum size of wage and its differentiation. Population. 2020. Vol. 23. No. 4. P. 40-49. DOI: 10.19181/population.2020.23.4.4 (in Russ.).
12. Shirokova L.N. The minimum wage and its regional aspect. Vestnik nauchno-issledovatelskogo instituta truda i sotsialnogo strakhovania. 2009. №1. P. 82-90.
13. Yakovlev R.A. The minimum wage as economic and judicial concept. Vestnik nauchno-issledovatelskogo instituta truda i sotsialnogo strakhovania. 2009. №1. P. 73-77.
2. Gorbarets S.Yu. Minimalniy razmer oplaty truda: varianty regulirovaniya [The minimum wage: options of regulation]. Messenger of the research institute of labour and social security. 2009. No. 1. P. 78-81.
3. Zarabotnaya plata v mire v 2016–2017 gg. Neravenstvo v oplate truda na predpriyatiyakh [Global Wage Report 2016-2017: Wage Inequality in the Workplace]. Moscow: International Labour Organization. 2017. 164 p. (in Russ.).
4. Zarabotnaya plata v Rossii: evolyutsiya i differentsiatsiya [Wages in Russia: evolution and differentiation]. Moscow: Higher School of Economics. 2007. 575 p. (in Russ.).
5. Kolobova S.V. The minimum wage and the median wage in the mechanism of legal regulation of wages. Contemporary law. 2021. № 2. P. 60-67 (in Russ.).
6. Migranova L.A. Minimum Wage Guarantee in Rossiya and Its Regions. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2019. Vol. 15. No. 2. Р. 27-34. DOI: 10.24411/1999-9836-2019-10061 (in Russ.).
7. Migranova L.A., Popova R.I Impact of the Minimum Wage on Wages and Wage Inequality in 2019. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2019. Vol. 15. No. 4. Р. 21-35. DOI: 10.24411/1999-9836-2019-10079 (in Russ.).
8. Migranova L. A. Wage in Russia in 2015-2021. Population. 2021. Vol. 24. No. 3. P. 177-192. DOI: 10.19181/population.2021.24.3.3. (in Russ.).
9. Migranova L.A., Korchagina I.I. Social minimum living standard in Russia: мethods of estimatiing. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2021. Vol. 17. No. 2. Р. 192-203. DOI: 10.19181/lsprr.2021.17.2.3 (in Russ.)
10. Starokojeva V.I., Skovpen V.A. The method of defining the minimum wage in regions of the Russian Federation and international experience. Russian Journal of Labor Economics. 2020. Vol. 7. No. 10. P. 933-952. DOI:10.18334/et.7.10.111052 (in Russ.).
11. Toksanbaeva M.S. Minimum size of wage and its differentiation. Population. 2020. Vol. 23. No. 4. P. 40-49. DOI: 10.19181/population.2020.23.4.4 (in Russ.).
12. Shirokova L.N. The minimum wage and its regional aspect. Vestnik nauchno-issledovatelskogo instituta truda i sotsialnogo strakhovania. 2009. №1. P. 82-90.
13. Yakovlev R.A. The minimum wage as economic and judicial concept. Vestnik nauchno-issledovatelskogo instituta truda i sotsialnogo strakhovania. 2009. №1. P. 73-77.
Article
Received: 16.08.2021
Accepted: 03.12.2021
Citation Formats
Other cite formats:
APA
Migranova, L. A., & Popova, R. I. (2021). The minimum social guarantee of employees’ wages in Russia: 2020-2021. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia, 17(4), 478-490. https://doi.org/10.19181/lsprr.2021.17.4.5
Section
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
