This paper analyzes historical census data from the final Soviet census in 1989. We find that, even in the absence of sex-selective abortions, the fertility decisions of Armenian, Georgian, and Azeri parents living in Russia in the late 1970s and the 1980s were significantly more son-biased than...

We study foreign firm exit from Russia following the 2022 offensive in Ukraine. Using administrative data on the universe of equity ownership in Russia we find that Western-owned firms that exited Russia in 2022 accounted for 1.5%, 3.0%, and 3.6% of capital stock, revenues, and wage bill in...

This manuscript, from a near-term perspective, scrutinizes the economic ramifications of the sanctions levied by Western nations against Russia in the aftermath of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Additionally, it proactively prognosticates the enduring implications of the sanctions on the Russian...

The paper deals with problems and perspectives of Islamic banking and finance in Russia from the legal point of view.Islamic banking is an ancient financial phenomenon built on ethical and organizational principles which are sourced from the Quran. The main principle of Islamic banking is such...

Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe and regional conventions on human rights protection, as well as the discussion about the need for Russia to withdraw from the WTO does not affect the implementation of universal agreements in the field of protection and observance of human rights,...

Entrepreneurs are often situated in extreme environments characterized by violent conflict. Yet, war is largely a blind spot in entrepreneurship scholarship. As a first step to closing this gap, we offer a well-identified synthetic control study of entrepreneurial dynamics in the Russo-Ukrainian...

The Russia-Ukraine war has had a significant impact on global stock markets. The war has led to increased volatility, higher energy prices, and a decline in investor confidence. As a result, stock markets have fallen sharply since the start of the war. Among other things this article is trying...

This essay analyzes a few prominent Western assessments, both official and private, of the effect of sanctions on the Russian economy and war effort. It seeks to understand the main goals of sanctions, alongside bases of fact and causal inference that underpin the consensus view that sanctions...

The aim of this research is the analysis of the contemporary trends in economic relations between Russia and India in 2010-2020s. The article highlights economic cooperation between Russia and India. The author examines the composition of the Russian exports to India and imports from this country

Retirement is a major life event effecting individuals’ time use, economic position and social networks. Using data from the World Health Organization’s Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (2007-2010), we investigate how retirement impacts individuals’ subjective well-being. Exploiting...