Research & Expertise

Household and Individual longitudinal data files for IBM SPSS Statistics and Stata, also codebooks in English are updated and now include data from 5 to 33th waves of RLMS-HSE (years 1994 - 2024).

Researchers from the HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences have examined the key factors behind lasting marriages. The findings show that having children is the primary factor contributing to marital stability, while for couples without children, a greater income gap between spouses is associated with a stronger union. This is the conclusion reported in Applied Econometrics.

Overweight Russians tend to earn significantly less than their slimmer counterparts, with a 10% increase in body mass index (BMI) associated with a 9% decrease in wages. These are the findings made by Anastasiia Deeva, lecturer at the HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences and intern researcher in Laboratory of Economic Research in Public Sector. The article has been published in Voprosy Statistiki.

We are pleased to announce that the 7th International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of HSE (RLMS-HSE) User Conference took place on 23-24 May, 2025 at the Moscow campus of the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Earnings inequality in Russia has nearly halved over the past 25 years. The primary factors driving this trend are rising minimum wages, regional economic convergence, and shifts in the returns on education. Since 2019, a new phase of this process has been observed, with inequality continuing to decline but driven by entirely different mechanisms. These are the findings made by Anna Lukyanova, Assistant Professor at the HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences, in her new study. The results have been published in the Journal of the New Economic Association.

Personality traits such as conscientiousness, emotional stability, and an internal locus of control significantly influence one's lifestyle and longevity. Not only can personality traits influence health through beneficial and harmful habits but can also have a direct effect on mortality. Higher conscientiousness reduces the risk of premature death by 20 percentage points, while higher neuroticism increases it by 12 percentage points. These are the findings from a new study by Ksenia Rozhkova, Junior Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Labour Market Studies of the HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences.

Household and Individual longitudinal data files for Stata in English are updated and now include data from 5 to 32th waves of RLMS-HSE (years 1994 - 2023).

Household and Individual longitudinal data files for IBM SPSS Statistics and codebooks in English are updated and now include data from 5 to 32th waves of RLMS-HSE (years 1994 - 2023).