-cognitive skills in early childhood attracts both parents and researchers. Besides traditional home-based activities and kindergarten … programs, many families in Russia choose extra classes for their children. The increasing inequality in early childhood … education (ECE) has become a new problem, since not all parents can afford to pay for such extra activities (EA). This study …

kindergartens. The parents’ point of view is required as part of a complex evaluation of the quality of educational services in … review which emphasizes the importance of full day educational services. These services allow parents of preschool children … parents. The results show that parents understand the service provided by a kindergarten as a complex, aimed primarily at …

From 2007 to 2014 total fertility rate in Russia increased from 1.42 to 1.75. To what extent this growth is related to … study assesses how family policy changes introduced in 2007 were related to the fertility behavior in Russia in recent years …

of adolescent subjective well-being. For parents, this construct can be a predictor of their subjective well …

that the results of school state examinations are positively associated with the active participation of parents in school …

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 …

This paper examines the impact of the 34% increase in pensions in Russia at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 … on the labor market participation of pensioners. Several particular features of the pension system in Russia allow us to …

some families, children that, unlike their parents, go or used to go to a Russian school, try to distance themselves from … their parents' generation, refuse to identify with it, and do not want to speak the native language of their parents. In …

manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central …