Subject This article examines the key features of informal employment in the regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Objectives The article aims to assess the correlation between the level of socio-economic development of the regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the level of informal employment. Methods For the study, I used the methods of analysis and synthesis, abstraction, grouping, and comparison. Results Based on the analysis of the labor market condition and official statistics, the article presents certain results of the assessment of informal employment in Uzbekistan. The data are grouped by region of the country. The article also determines the correlation between informal employment and socio-economic indicators in the regions. Conclusions The correlation between the region's main socio-economic indices and informal employment indicates a direct correlation between unemployment and small business development. There is an inverse correlation between unemployment and GDP per capita, average per capita investment, and average real gross per capita income.
Zudina A.A. [Informal employment and subjective social status: The case of Russia]. Ekonomicheskaya sotsiologiya, 2013, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 27–63. (In Russ.) URL: Link
Akhmadeev D.R. [Evolution of theoretical approaches to the study of informal employment]. Upravlenie ekonomicheskimi sistemami, 2014, no. 8. (In Russ.) URL: Link
Akhmadeev D.R. [The analysis of the factors influencing on the development of the informal employment in the region]. Journal of Economic Regulation, 2014, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 92–104. URL: Link (In Russ.)
Slonimczyk F. The Effect of Taxation on Informal Employment: Evidence from the Russian Flat Tax Reform. In: Lehmann H., Tatsiramos K. (eds) Informal Employment in Emerging and Transition Economies: Research in Labor Economics. Vol. 34. Bingley, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011, pp. 55–99.
Breev B.D. [The employment of people in Russia: modernity and perspectives]. Ekonomicheskaya nauka sovremennoi Rossii = Economics of Contemporary Russia, 2001, no. 4, pp. 59–74. URL: Link (In Russ.)
Gimpelson V.E., Zudina A.A. [Informal workers in the Russian economy: Who are they and how many?] Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2011, no. 10, pp. 53–76. (In Russ.) URL: Link
Gimpelson V., Kapelyushnikov R., Lukyanova A. Employment Protection Legislation in Russia: Regional Enforcement and Labor Market Outcomes. Comparative Economic Studies, 2010, vol. 52, iss. 4, pp. 616–636. URL: Link
Varshavskaya E.Ya., Donova I.V. [Informal employment: characteristics of phenomenon]. Izvestiya Irkutskoi gosudarstvennoi ekonomicheskoi akademii = Izvestiya of Irkutsk State Economics Academy, 2012, no. 6, pp. 130–135. URL: Link (In Russ.)
Varshavskaya E.Ya., Donova I.V. [Informal employment in the corporate sector (where and what do those who are invisible from above)]. Mir Rossii. Sotsiologiya. Etnologiya = Universe of Russia. Sociology. Ethnology, 2013, no. 4, pp. 148–173. URL: Link (In Russ.)
Perfilov V.A. [Regional socio-economic systems: essence and types of developmental sustainability]. Problemy sovremennoi ekonomiki = Problems of Modern Economics, 2012, no. 2, pp. 264–266. URL: Link (In Russ.)
