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Housing Policy of Non-Bolshevik Governments during the Russian Civil War
Kholodilin, Konstantin A. - 2017
This paper analyzes the governmental regulation of the rental housing market in the states that arose on the ruins of the Russian Empire during the Russian Civil war in 1918-1922. It examines and compares three major tools of the housing policy of those times: rent control, protection of tenants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946807
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Corruption Perceptions in Russia : Economic or Social Issue?
Rassadovskaia, Anastasiia - 2014
research reveals that distrust matters a lot for the problem in Russia and suggests further examination of the dynamics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055625
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Firms and Social Policy in the Post-Communist Bloc : Evidence from Russia
Marques, Israel - 2015
When does business support the expansion of social policy in the developing world? Existing work on managers preferences has tended to concentrate on the developed world, where governments can credibly commit to policy, tax evasion is constrained, and mechanisms exist to hold the bureaucracy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013031250
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Out-of-Pocket Payments in the Post-Semashko Health Care System
Shishkin, Sergey - 2014
-Semashko health care system. It was carried out based on the data reflected in the ‘Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey' from 1991 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055182
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Factors Affecting Welfare Attitudes in Different Types of Welfare States : Personal Interests and Values
Gryaznova, Olga - 2013
This study examines the effect of personal interests and basic human values on the degree of support for a welfare state. Data from the European Social Survey, round 4 (2008) for 29 European countries (total n = 56,752) was used for the study. Results show that values such as collectivism and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081752
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Social Development or Social Crisis : Modernization Theory versus World-Systems Analysis
Khutkyy, Dmytro - 2017
The study examines the contradictory claims of modernization theory and world-systems analysis regarding modern social change. While modernization theory argues a human development, world-systems analysis states a global crisis. The two theories are tested against empirical evidence from data of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961674
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Social Policy or Crowding-Out? Tenant Protection in Comparative Long-Run Perspective
Kholodilin, Konstantin - 2018
In the shadow of homeownership and public housing, social policy through the regulation of private rental markets is a neglected and underestimated field of social policy. This paper, therefore, presents unique new data on the development of private tenancy legislation through the binary oding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908602
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Explaining the Productivity Advantages of Manufacturing Firms in Russian Urban Agglomerations
Ksenia, Gonchar - 2012
manufacturing industry in Russia. A settlement is counted as part of an urban agglomeration in two cases: that of a large, central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096182
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Executing the Decisons of Foreign Courts and the Question of Sovereignty in Russia
Antonov, Mikhail - 2012
The author examines the theoretical difficulties of implementing decisions and awards of foreign courts in Russia … educational background of legal professionals – especially judges – in Russia. It is suggested that the statist conception of law … of law developing in the mentality of legal professionals in Russia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096271
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Challenges and New Trends for Nonprofit Accountability in Russia
Jakobson, Lev - 2012
Nonprofit accountability in Russia is becoming increasingly important as nonprofit organizations become more open …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096520