During a pandemic, the majority of young people find a job by using their connections. The relative share of those who believed that it was difficult to find a job that matched their chosen specialty was 40% among the surveyed young people who had received a high-quality education and worked...

39% of parents consider distance learning as holidays. Nearly half of students (49%) share the same point of view. Moreover, 62% of students and 56% of their families do not consider that the online format can be considered as a full-fledged alternative to live classroom studies, which was...

The surveys conducted by the RANEPA’s Center for Lifelong Learning Economics have shown that parents and secondary school teachers alike believe that the pandemic has not significantly affected the school system’s performance in preparing students for their final exams. Nevertheless,...

Growing demand for vocational training and limited access to quality education in some parts of Russia have brought about inter- and intra-regional youth migration.1 The youth migration peak takes place at the age of 18 when young people seek to receive higher education. To a lesser extent,...

Growing demand for vocational training and limited access to quality education in some parts of Russia have brought about inter- and intra-regional youth migration {1; 2. The youth migration peak takes place at the age of 18 when young people seek to receive higher education. To a lesser extent,...

Household real disposable income and real pensions decelerated by 6.1% and 2.5% in December 2016 in comparison with the same period of 2015 (Fig. 1). In contrast, real wage went up by 2.4% in December 2016 compared to the same period of the previous year

Individual differences in perceptions of the scale and duration of crisis phenomena are largely determined by the socio-professional status of a person and by his or her particular field of activity. The current economic situation is most negatively perceived by those engaged in industry and the...

The social well-being of the Russian middle class in terms of the dynamics of its financial standing and opportunities of successful self-actualization has somewhat improved. According to representatives of the middle class, the prospects of self-actualization depend primarily on a high level of...

Research findings obtained by the Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting, RANEPA, demonstrate that in Q2 2016 the population with more optimism began looking to the future, which testifies about the adaptability potential of the respondents.The research provides negative stabilization with...

Optimism registered in H1 2015 about the extent and duration of crisis phenomena gave way to growth in negative expectations. The latest survey carried out within the frameworks of permanent research in social well-being of the Russians by the RANEPA's Institute of Social Analysis and...