Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian … explains a large share of the mortality crisis, suggesting that Russia's transition to capitalism and democracy was not as … lethal as commonly suggested. -- mortality ; transition ; alcohol ; Russia …

-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 …

of the Communist parties in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia and their children. Using the individual …-level survey data, we show that there are striking differences between Russia and the CEE countries in this respect. While in the … rest of the population, in Russia former CPSU members do not exhibit stronger preferences for redistribution - at the same …

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

the number of campuses and college graduates in Russia. Our empirical strategy relies on the marginal treatment effect …

countries. We offer a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments on poverty dynamics for Russia, using the … equivalence scales constructed from subjective wealth and more than 20 waves of household panel survey data from the Russia …