In H1 2017, the share of households' outstanding HPUS debt decreased as compared to the relevant indices of the last decade. Among Russian territories, the North Caucasian regions have the highest share of HPUS debt. High risks of non-payment of HPUS and electricity bills are specific to...

The number of housing allowance recipients in 2017 moved down against 2013. The percentage of individuals benefi ting from social protection (benefits) has also contracted. Bills for housing and utility services went up twice against income, average allowance for housing and utility services...

In April 2020, due to the introduction of lockdown, consumer demand significantly dropped. A year later, in April 2021, when the epidemiological situation caused ever less concern, the consumption of goods and services increased, almost recovering to the pre-pandemic level: for example, the...

The real cash incomes of the population in 2020 decreased by 3.0% compared to 2019, the real disposable cash incomes contracted by 3.5%. Consumption model of Russian people has changed in the wake of the pandemic: the share of expenses on services has decreased to near 2016 level, meanwhile the...

The opportunity for patient choice in the health care system in CIS countries was created by the partial destruction of the referral system and the development of paid medical services. The data of two population surveys conducted in Russia in 2009 and 2011 show that patient choice of medical...

This is a review of housing finance in Ukraine since 1990s. Like in some other transition economies housing finance plays a two-fold role: in addition to ‘western’ sense to facilitate or hinder labour mobility by helping people to get a dwelling; either buying or renting it; it is also...

Households debt for the housing and utility services increased against the 2017–2019 indexes and in H1 constituted 6.3%. Current situation is similar to that in 2013–2014 when the debt for housing and utility services in H1 came to 6.4–6.6% of accruals. On average across the Russian...

Using panel data for the 2001-2008 period we estimate the gravity model of migration between Russian regions. We show that though the migration flows have been quite stable, their determinants have changed substantially. Our special attention is drawn to the role of distance between the regions....

In this paper we study youth migration in Russia at the sub-regional level of administrative division. The aim of the research is to assess the volume of internal youth migration. The task is only doable with the use of census data, which not only allows us to research at the sub-regional level,...

The paper analyses the patterns of demographic dynamics of settlements and districts of various types in Russia within the framework of the core-periphery model. We test the hypotheses stating that population density is growing in regional centres and in their surroundings; variations in the...