Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Podverbnykh Ulyana Author-Name-First: Ulyana Author-Name-Last: Podverbnykh Author-Workplace-Name: RANEPA Title: Labor market dynamics in Russia in 2021 Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic crisis had a significant impact on the Russian economy. After multiple shocks caused by 2020 coronavirus pandemic and the worsening economic situation in the country, the Russian labor market showed a stable positive trend in 2021. In 2020, the number of people employed decreased by 1,332,000 or by 1.9% compared to 2019. However, gradual employment growth began in October 2020 and continued through all 12 months of 2021, reaching a pre-crisis value of 7,231,700 by December 2021 Classification-JEL: J21, J22, J23 Keywords: Russian economy, labor market, unemployment, employment Creation-Date: 2022 Revision-Date: 2022 Length: 6 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2022-1221.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2022 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2022-1221