distribution as the economy has grown. Is BMI growth different at different tails of the income distribution? Health and … level data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) from 1994 to 2012, we scrutinize the influence of … transitional processes, particularly economic transitions on nutritional and health outcomes. We test the hypothesis that the …

In this article we examine factors affecting fortified wine consumption in Russia by utilizing micro-level data from …. Our analysis shows that Russian males demonstrate a persistent propensity to fortified wine consumption due to its higher … alcohol content. Our finding reflects the presence of diminishing marginal effect by age, while the estimated coefficient for …

In the past dozen years the regulatory systems surrounding the traditional vices of alcohol, tobacco, and gambling have … been extensively overhauled in Russia, generally in the direction of tighter control. This paper surveys these reforms and … assesses their impact. In the case of alcohol and tobacco, the reforms generally have been quite salutary, even as …