Russias second shift: is housework hurting womens wages?
Finally, these results point to a more complex set of decisions being made by Russian workers. The economic uncertainly Russia has experienced in the past decade has surely changed the nature of the labor market. Thus, another factor complicating our ability to accurately proxy relative job commitment is the significant proportion of the population that now holds multiple jobs. Recent evidence uncovered by Foley [1997] appears to support this possibility. Consequently, one possible direction for future research into the gender-wage gap is to incorporate additional time spent working outside of the primary job into the wage regression model. The combination of housework and time spent on secondary jobs might provide a more accurate measure of workers’ commitment to the primary sector. Footnotes (1.) In fact, Lissyutkina [1993] argues that women in the post-Soviet era are more likely to view liberation as the right not to work. (2.) The RLMS is currently the only recognized nationally re
