In this paper, we investigate the impact of informality on earnings inequality in Russia using the RLMS - HSE data for 2000-2010. We apply decompositions based on the recentered influence functions of unconditional quantiles proposed by Fipro, Fortin and Lemieux (Fipro et al., 2009). Our results...

Objective: to study the influence of culture parameters on modernization processes in the agrarian sector of the economy. Object: modernization processes in society, the parameters of culture, social capital, the structure of transaction costs. The work contains recommendations to the business...

The paper contributes to Russian empirical literature on determinants of higher education using data from a small regional survey of large families. The binary probit estimation results are consistent with the traditional set of hypotheses. The educational choice of a child is affected by family...

Russian Abstract: Исследуются дужные колокольчики с надписью «СЪ СЕРЕБРОМЪ». Устанавливается, что означает эта надпись: особый характер изготовления данных изделий,...

Russian Abstract: Дан обзор отрасли по изготовлению колоколов и колокольчиков различного назначения в России в ХIХ — начале ХХ в. Приведены сведения по 73 предприятиям в...

Russian Abstract: Предметом исследования является нижегородский региональный центр литья в аспекте истории народного хозяйства в ХIХ — начале ХХ в. Показано...

This paper provides an overview of methodologies used to analyze inter-regional income inequality, and a critical survey of empirical studies that deal with Russian regions. It discusses implications of the growth theory regarding dynamics of inter-economy income inequality. Methodologies for...

This paper presents a review of foreign studies analyzing the role of entrepreneurs in the accumulation and distribution of wealth and approaches to modeling entrepreneurship as an integral part of the economy for evaluating the consequences of alternative economic policies. According to the...

In order to study the structure of society, sociologists usually distinguish several homogeneous social groups, or classes. The most common division consists of three groups: upper, middle and lower classes. Such a partition is traditionally based on a subjective (exogenous) criteria adopted by...

The article deals with vending, namely his views, positive and negative aspects and advice on the implementation of the vending trade. Characterization and analysis of the locations of automated equipment . The tax system considers the available vending business in Russia , and the average...