This paper presents the first critical review of literature on poverty published in Russia between 1992 and 2006. Using … Russia satisfies the general criteria of a scientific publication and if such studies could provide reliable guidance to the … poverty published in Russia in 1992-2006 follow the universally-recognized principles of the scientific method. The utility of …

The authors use data from a large nationally representative survey in Russia to analyze the distributional and welfare … implications of draft avoidance as a common response to Russia's highly unpopular conscription system. They develop a simple …