Since the beginning of transition, the level and structure of average food consumption and expenditure of Russian households has changed substantially. This development has gone together with a steep increase in the share of food in total expenditure. Notable differences with respect to food...

This paper has four main objectives: (1) to monitor the rise of poverty and income inequality during the first decade of Russian transition; (2 to analyze the performance of the welfare state in reducing poverty and income inequality; (3) to identify the most vulnerable groups of transition; and...

Usually scientometric indicators for assessing the effectiveness of workers in the field of science and higher education are considered from the standpoint of their criticism, identifying the limits of applicability, the impact on the quality of professional activity of workers. However, like...