“the Majority of informal workers do not have any additional sources of support, in a nutshell, will face an unsolvable dilemma: to die of hunger or die of the virus,” warns the ILO. They believe that the prevalence of this problem will manifest itself in Latin America and the Arab States, where quarantine measures are to 89% of informally employed workers in Africa (83%), Asia and Pacific countries (73%). In Europe and Central Asia the problem will be less acute in these regions, potential starving of 64%.
Maybe in Russia this attack is not only inevitable, on the contrary, the informal sector can become a salvation for many citizens.
“Even in the pessimistic scenario, unemployment in Russia is unlikely to rise above 7-8%, and today Rosstat estimates the figure at 4.6% – suggests the Director of the Center for market research HSE George Ostapkovich. – The vast majority of lost jobs will go to look for alternative methods of earnings: will be sewing and baking at home in order to build the neighbors house to make repairs and so on. For our country informal employment can be an escape, it will be possible to remove many social issues”.
Work “shabashniki” – quite interesting from the point of view of macroeconomics thing. They, like, alimony will not be reflected in the structure of incomes of the population, said in Rosstat. This is an unofficial salary and not income from securities profit entrepreneur. In fact, it is only a redistribution of resources within society. And due to this mechanism, including, more successful and wealthy people can help their less fortunate fellow citizens. Ordered a neighbor on the dacha to dig up the garden, paid him – and everyone is happy.
How it works, said Nikolai Boulders, the owner of a small carpentry workshop that manufactures Windows and doors in one of the regional centers of Central Russia.
“in my state there is no joiner, as there is no formal relationship with them, – said Nikolai. – The boys just come in and do their work. And I cry for her money. When the country entered non-working days, we continued to work. I’m sick to the shop and so are not allowed. We have around a lot of summer residents from Moscow, they just came and went from them orders. And if there are orders, that is income for me and for those who work with me.”
the Approach is clearly questionable from the point of view of the law, but allows you to earn for themselves and feed their families of ten men. Of course, this employment is largely infringes on staff – no benefits, no sick and no vacation. But people agree to these conditions. Just because the earnings of Mykola 1.5-2 times higher than the regional average for 50-60 thousand rubles at the official salary in these ��estah get almost impossible. Extra money pay for all arising costs and risks.
