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The Effect of Economic Crises on Nutritional Status: Evidence from Russia

Stillman, Steven; Thomas, Duncan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper uses data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to examine the relationship between nutritional status and both longer-run household resources and short-run fluctuations in household resources. We evaluate six measures of nutrition – gross energy intake, two...

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Understanding Interhousehold Transfers in a Transition Economy: Evidence from Russia

Kuhn, Randall; Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

-age populations in the world). Informal networks in Russia are likely to take on distinctive characteristics as the country’s economic … found in much wealthier countries. Although it is often assumed that the elderly in Russia are a highly vulnerable economic …

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The Response of Consumption in Russian Households to Economic Shocks

Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

the time period studied in this paper (1994 – 1998), Russia experienced two major economic crises. Both featured extreme …

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