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This paper provides evidence for the effects of health shocks measured by any negative change in self-assessed health (SAH) status on employment, personal income, and wages in the Russian population. We employ the average treatment effect on the treated (ATET) estimator combined with propensity...
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human capital differ significantly in Russia. Nevertheless we can say that, for the majority of men, the return to …
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This paper presents an analysis of changes in senior management labor market in Russia during the 2000s. The original … data consists of information on the appointments of 5771 senior managers in Russia from late 1999 until 2009. The study … senior manager in Russia is a 30-40 years old man with a degree in economics, engineering, or science, who moves every 2 …
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Russia. The analysis based on twelve surveys conducted from 1991 to 2011 (n=21,639) demonstrates a statistically significant … destinations did not strengthen over time. The size of the effect of parental status in Russia is similar to other European … countries. A separate analysis shows that monetary returns on higher education increased in post-Soviet Russia, while returns on …
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Previous research has shown that the effects of natural shocks on household migration decisions may go in different directions. This paper explores the impact of natural shocks (self-reported) on the migration of members of Kyrgyz rural households. Employing a panel dataset from the Life in...
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This working paper is based on the results of a study of the child-rearing practices of Russian-speaking women in the context of a migration perspective focusing on their migration experience, language, and other features that are perceived as cultural and an integration context as determining...
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the high level and persistence of fear of unemployment in Russia may be caused by non-economic factors …Using the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey data, the paper examines Russian workers' fear of unemployment under … relevant re-employment in case of displacement. In order to get the best possible measurement of unemployment for those local …
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high-stake accountability reforms in Russia. We examine school capacity in the top-down implementation of performance …-related pay (PRP) in Russia. We consider two cases of collaboration between schools and local employers that are either highly or …
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The article analyzes how Russian students interpret and practice digital technologies of self-tracking (fitness trackers, apps and wearables), that allow to collect biometric and activity data. It is based on the results of reflective thematic analysis of students' essays on this topic. How do...
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In most countries which experience structural transformation of their higher education system, a crucial goal of policy makers is to tie the amount of university public funding to their performance. This research analyzes the Russian performance-based funding (PBF) reform to provide a...
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