One in Ten Women in Russia Is Single
Most often, this happens not in the pursuit of personal fulfilment, but is forced, after the loss of a partner
Number of Employees Receiving Social Benefits and Guarantees in Russia Has Decreased
People with higher salaries — executives and qualified professionals — enjoy better benefits, such as free healthcare, vacation packages and other preferences
Training Video "Basic Introduction to RLMS-HSE"
The RLMS-HSE team in partnership with the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center continues the series of training videos on working with monitoring data. The new introductory video covers most of the frequently asked questions. It will help to understand the main questions regarding the survey sample, navigate the structure of the questionnaires and the structure of data files. The video examines the main identifiers and constructed variables and draws the special attention of users to missing values.
Longitudinal RLMS-HSE Data for Stata
Especially for our users working with RLMS-HSE data in English in the Stata program we have prepared longitudinal databases in the '.dta' format, covering the study period from 1994 to 2020.
29th Round RLMS-HSE Household Data
Household longitudinal data file for IBM SPSS Statistics now include data from 29th wave of RLMS-HSE (year 2020).
29th Round Individual Data
Individual longitudinal data file for IBM SPSS Statistics now include data from 29th wave of RLMS-HSE (year 2020).
HSE University Researchers Investigate Why Many Russians Oppose Vaccination
Despite the risks associated with COVID-19 infection, many Russians either refuse to get vaccinated or are uncertain and hesitant about the practice. The factors behind these views are the subject of research by Yana Roshchina, Leading Research Fellow of the HSE University Centre for Longitudinal Studies and Senior Research Fellow of the Laboratory for Studies in Economic Sociology (LSES); Sergey Roshchin, Head of the Laboratory for Labour Market Studies (LLMS) and HSE University Vice Rector; and Ksenia Rozhkova, Junior Research Fellow at LLMS. The results of the study were presented at an LSES seminar.
The 'Curse' Is Lifted: Schooling Does Increase Graduates’ Salaries
Although many studies point to highly negative trends in returns to education in Russia, the situation actually appears to be stable and without any signs of overinvestment in human capital. This is the conclusion of Rostislav Kapeliushnikov, Deputy Director of the HSE Centre for Labour Market Studies and Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The results of his research are presented in the article ‘Returns to Education in Russia: Nowhere Below?’ published in the 8th issue of the Voprosy Ekonomiky journal.
29th Round Questionnaires
29th round RLMS HSE questionnaires in English now are available for our users in section Data → Questionnaires.
Women`s Reproductive Health 2012 Data and Documentation
Women`s reproductive health 2012 questionnaire, codebook and dataset in English now are available for all registered users.
Training Video "Basic Introduction to RLMS-HSE"
The RLMS-HSE team in partnership with the Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Center continues the series of training videos on working with monitoring data. The new introductory video covers most of the frequently asked questions. It will help to understand the main questions regarding the survey sample, navigate the structure of the questionnaires and the structure of data files. The video examines the main identifiers and constructed variables and draws the special attention of users to missing values.
Longitudinal RLMS-HSE Data for Stata
Especially for our users working with RLMS-HSE data in English in the Stata program we have prepared longitudinal databases in the '.dta' format, covering the study period from 1994 to 2020.
29th Round RLMS-HSE Household Data
Household longitudinal data file for IBM SPSS Statistics now include data from 29th wave of RLMS-HSE (year 2020).
29th Round Individual Data
Individual longitudinal data file for IBM SPSS Statistics now include data from 29th wave of RLMS-HSE (year 2020).
29th Round Questionnaires
29th round RLMS HSE questionnaires in English now are available for our users in section Data → Questionnaires.
Women`s Reproductive Health 2012 Data and Documentation
Women`s reproductive health 2012 questionnaire, codebook and dataset in English now are available for all registered users.
Video Footage on the V International RLMS HSE Users Conference
Video materials on the V International RLMS HSE Users Conference held on May 28-29, 2021 within the framework of a grant provided by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (No. grant: 075-15-2020-928) with the support of the National Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Human Potentialnow are available on our YouTube Channel. You can get aquainted with the Conference Program here.
Women`s Reproductive Health 2010 Data and Documentation
Women`s reproductive health 2010 questionnaire, codebook and dataset in English now are available for all registered users.
Constructructed Variables Datasets are updated
Datasets are updated with data from 28th Round of RLMS HSE.
28th Round Data
Longitudinal data files now include data from 28th wave of RLMS-HSE (year 2019). You can download new datasets in the section "Data" → "Data Downloads". Corresponding codebook wiill also be updated soon.
One in Ten Women in Russia Is Single
Most often, this happens not in the pursuit of personal fulfilment, but is forced, after the loss of a partner
Number of Employees Receiving Social Benefits and Guarantees in Russia Has Decreased
People with higher salaries — executives and qualified professionals — enjoy better benefits, such as free healthcare, vacation packages and other preferences
Video Footage on the V International RLMS HSE Users Conference
Video materials on the V International RLMS HSE Users Conference held on May 28-29, 2021 within the framework of a grant provided by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (No. grant: 075-15-2020-928) with the support of the National Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Human Potentialnow are available on our YouTube Channel. You can get aquainted with the Conference Program here.
Big Five Predict Alcohol Consumption in Russia
Education can reduce drinking – but not as much as previously thought
Gender Asymmetry Affects Labour Market
Women increasingly prevail among white-collar workers, while men lose their jobs
Russians Consider Themselves Poorer than They Actually Are
Only 10% know where they really stand on the income scale
It Turns Out That Russians Are Unprepared for Poverty
For many years, they have been unable to adapt to the possibility of becoming poor
‘To Be One of the Top Three Nominees Alongside Two Amazing Scholars Was Already Unexpected’
At the 2019 Golden HSE Award Ceremony, which coincided with HSE’s 27th anniversary, Aigul Mavletova, an HSE alumna and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences, was awarded the Golden Citation Award. HSE News Service spoke with the recipient of the ‘award within an award’ about why research is more interesting than business.
Few Innovators among State Employees in Russia
Science and culture with up to 8% workplace innovators are the only exceptions.
‘Cognitive Skills Are not Sufficient to Be Successful in Labour Market’
This September, HSE – St. Petersburg hosted the 3rd IZA/HSE University Workshop on Skills and Preferences and Labor Market Outcomes in Post-Transition and Emerging Economies. HSE News Service spoke with Professor Lehmann, co-organizer of the workshop, about human capital, the importance of cognitive and noncognitive skills, and the challenges empirical labour economists encounter when studying these issues in post-transition and emerging economies.
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Russia’s Middle Class
Who are its members and how do they spend their money?
Research seminar at CHEMP (6th and 13th February)
Our next CHEMP seminar will take place on February 13 at 17:00.
There you will have a chance to learn about the health shocks caused by the environment and effects that myocardial infractions have on health. The former topic will be presented by Stepan Aleskandrov, while the latter will be discussed by Lyubov Chigirinskaya (both are volunteers at CHEMP). In addition, Darya Kiryagina will also join the seminar as she will be presenting new estimations of health inequality indicators and their decomposition from RLMS data.
Everyone is welcome!
Research seminar at CHEMP (23 January)
Research seminars at CHEMP are back! On 23 January 2019 we started off the new year with several presentations related to a major research project by CHEMP - study of cardiovascular diseases in Russia.
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Why seniors don’t care about their health
How to improve the efficiency of outpatient care?
This issue was discussed by participants and guests of an international conference international conference 'Outpatient Care Delivery in the Russian Federation: Creating a Platform for Improved Health Outcomes', which was held at Higher School of Economics at the end of June.
Research Seminar: 'Comorbidity and Adapting to Chronic Conditions in Russia’
On Monday, 5th June, the International Centre for Health Economics, Management, and Policy (CHEMP) at HSE, St. Petersburg held another one of its signature research seminar series. Maria Kaneva, a senior research fellow at the International Centre for Economics of Healthcare and Its Reforms at the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy in Moscow presented her research study entitled 'Comorbidity and adapting to chronic conditions in Russia’.