The paper documents changes in the structure of earnings and earnings inequality in Russia during the period of economic growth. The study is based ob the RLMS data for 1998-2005. The results indicate an overall fall in earnings inequality by about 10%. The decline in inequality occurred due to...

The paper provides a comprehensive assessment of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of human capital accumulated by the Russian economy. Using the cross-country perspective it investigates both educational attainment and quality of education of the Russian workforce. Labor market...

The paper examines a problem of legitimization of the privatization's outcomes in Russia and provides a critical appraisal of various political proposals for its resolution. The analysis proceeds from a distinction between two different types of ownership illegitimacy - "specified" and...

Russia's mortality rate has risen sharply since 1990. Most experts agree that a major cause of this has been increasing alcohol abuse. But why have ever more Russians been drinking themselves to death? Various evidence suggests the main reason is not public despair in the face of painful...