In this paper we analyze the possible effect of the changes in the taxation of cross-border e-commerce on the poverty … rates and income distribution in Russia. Our results suggest that lowering the limit of the value of goods for customs … revenues among poor households could be an effective measure for poverty reduction. …

The paper documents changes in the structure of earnings and earnings inequality in Russia during the period of …

quality might make it impossible to create in Russia an effective knowledge-based economy. …

The paper examines a problem of legitimization of the privatization's outcomes in Russia and provides a critical … evolved in Russia is not an absolute obstacle for sustainable economic growth but rather an institutional "birth trauma" which …

Russia's mortality rate has risen sharply since 1990. Most experts agree that a major cause of this has been increasing … the affordability of vodka - both over time and across Russia's regions - closely matches variation in the death rate …