This paper investigates the causal impact of direct cash transfers on health, well-being, and life satisfaction among adolescents in Russia during the pandemic years. We study an unanticipated introduction of a COVID-19 state support policy for families with children in the form of two one-off...

The paper is devoted to the fertility intentions of the migrants from Russia belonging to the recent wave of so called "Exodus" caused by Russia's invasion in Ukraine in 2022 and its social impact on Russian society. The authors use the disruption hypothesis and predict the drop in the fertility...

This paper is devoted to the explanation of selected bureaus’ behavior patterns in the soviet type of totalitarian dictatorships with the command economic model. It is a proven fact that the plan figures in the soviet economy were fabricated as a consequence of intrigues and secret...

This section analyzes the main new trends that became visible in the North Caucasus during the past year. Bearing in mind the specific features of this region of the Russian Federation, it is important that our analyst should not be confined to examining only the changes that occurred in the...

Russian Abstract: В работе охарактеризованы имеющиеся источники данных по рождаемости среди трудовых мигрантов из стран Средней Азии в РФ. В качестве базы для...

Russian Abstract: В работе рассматривается межрегиональное разнообразие по рождаемости в РФ в период с начала выплат материнского капитала. Исследуется вопрос о...

Last year (2019) was the tenth year of the implementation of the Strategy of Socioeconomic Development of the North Caucasus Federal Okrug until 2025, adopted in 2010. The Strategy aims at achieving significant economic growth across the North Caucasus regions, as well as modernizing their...