Russian Federation
1. Starting year:
1991
2. Agency
2.1. English name of agency making initial registration
Ministry of Labour, Territorial Bodies on Employment Issues.
2.2. Service
This is a public service under a national authority
2.3. Offices
2,500 local offices are making the registrations
2.4. Location
Offices are located in all parts of the country, to cover all labour markets and localities
3. The agency
3.1. Assists job seekers to find jobs
3.2. Assists employers to find workers
3.3. Provides vocational guidance
3.4. Provides job related training
3.5. Pays unemployment compensation
3.6. Provides other employment related services,
such as financial assistance
4. The following is registered about a person:
4.1. Name
4.2. Sex
4.3. Social security number (or similar identification number also used by other agencies)
4.4. Address of usual residence
4.5. Locality of usual residence
4.6. Year of birth
4.9. Educational attainment/training,
with 6 distinguished categories
4.10. Current and past work situation,
with 3 distinguished situations
4.11. Occupation,
with unspecified number of distinguished categories. No
indication of links to ISCO-88
4.12. Name and address of present/previous employer/work place
4.12.b. Industry of present/previous employer/work place,
with unspecified number of distinguished categories. No
indication of links to ISIC, rev.3 or NACE, rev.1
5. Criteria used for registration and inclusion in the statistics:
5.1. Criteria used to determine whether a person should be included in the register
1. Age:
Lower age limit: 16 years. Upper age limits: 55
(females) and 60 (males)
3. Previous employment, unspecified length
5. Completed military service
5.2. Criteria used to determine whether a person should be removed from the register
1. Report about death and/or migration
2. Report about entering new job and/or military service
or prison
3. After some time without contact for valid reason
4. If the person has refused a job offer
5.3. Criteria used to exclude a registered person from the statistics
1. That the person is employed
2. That the person is receiving full-time training/education
6. Information about individuals is stored:
6.1. In the local register
6.2. In a regional register
7. Type of statistics produced at least once every year:
A. The number of persons registered as unemployed
on a particular day, is produced monthly
B. The number of persons added to the register
during the period, is produced monthly
C. The number of persons removed from the register
during the period, is produced monthly
D. The number of registered persons who were given a job
during the period, is produced monthly
E. The number of persons who returned to the register
during the period, is produced monthly
8. The following descriptive variables are used with the different statistics:
8.1. Sex
A, B, C, D, E
8.2. Age
A, B, C, D, E
8.3. Educational attainment
A, B, C, D, E
8.4. Occupation
A, B, C, D, E
8.5. Industry
A, B, C, D, E
8.6. Duration of unemployment spell
A, C, D, E
9. Publication practices
9.1. Statistics
3. On paper,
for general audience: A, B, C, D, E
9.2. Methodological information
2. On paper,
for general audience
10. Comparisons
Comparisons are made with statistics based on Labour Force Survey
and other types of household surveys: regularly, when those
statistics are published. No references given.
11. Major changes
Changes to legislation, capacity of the agency and/or
administrative procedures significantly influencing the number of
persons registered were made in 1996 and 1999. The impacts on
the number of persons registered as unemployed have not been
estimated.