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Illustration for news: Small Business Employees' Top Concerns

Small Business Employees' Top Concerns

Employees of small and medium-sized businesses (SME) report low self-confidence and little motivation for professional development.

Illustration for news: Voluntary Health Insurance Serves the Healthy and Wealthy

Voluntary Health Insurance Serves the Healthy and Wealthy

Voluntary health insurance schemes tend to enhance access to healthcare for those who are not much in need.

Illustration for news: Personal Relations Help Find a Job

Personal Relations Help Find a Job

Over half of Russians find jobs with the help of their families and friends.

Longitudinal Files Update

The Higher School of Economics and Demoscope have updated longitudinal files which now also contain data from 2015, both for the individual data (adults and children) and for the household data.

Illustration for news: Higher Wage Expectations Can Bring Higher Wages

Higher Wage Expectations Can Bring Higher Wages

According to HSE researchers, the higher a job applicant's wage expectations, the more likely they are to earn a higher wage in their next job.

Longitudinal Individual and Household Files Available

The Higher School of Economics and Demoscope have prepared longitudinal files containing all years of data from 1994-2014, both for the individual data (adults and children) and for the household data. Each observation is an individual or a household with all variables available for that year. The variable values have been standardized across years. Individual and household identifiers are available on each observation so that researchers can examine changes over time. The individual and the household files are in a long format.


Illustration for news: Hobbies and Clubs Can Keep Youth Away from Alcohol

Hobbies and Clubs Can Keep Youth Away from Alcohol

Youth in medium-sized and small towns who engage in after-school activities such as hobby clubs are less likely to drink alcohol. Generally, school-age youth in communities with higher educational levels, social and professional status are less vulnerable to alcohol abuse.

RLMS HSE Data Round 23 (2014)

Dear users!

23 wave RLMS-HSE data files now are available in STATA and IBM SPSS Statistics formats (Data downloads).

23 wave questionnaires you can find here.

Data from RLMS-HSE Rounds 5-21 you can currently request at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Population Center`s website.


The sample size in 2014 was cut by about 20%, because the cost of the project increased due to inflation, but financial support remained the same.The original 1994 sample remained the same, and all cuts applied only to the part of the sample which was added in 2010. 

It should be stated that the implemented procedure of cutting the sample size guarantees that the smaller sample is still representative at the national level. 

To lower the cost it was also decided to drop the Educational Expenses section from the HH questionnaire, which was added back in 2010.



Professional Development Mostly Limited to Intellectuals

In Russia, access to professional development is determined by one's occupation, as well as job position, company size, and characteristics of the local labour market. Skilled personnel in non-physical jobs and public sector employees are more likely to pursue professional development, while low-skilled employees in private firms are effectively excluded from any such opportunity, according to Vasiliy Anikin, Assistant Professor of the HSE Department of Applied Economics.

2 d International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE User Conference Program

Dear users,
The Second International RLMS-HSE Users Conference program  is now available for downloading in the section Conference.