The paper reviews literature on retirement with focus on retirement age determinants. We consider eighteen such determinants including individual characteristics of a worker, family factors, pension system features and socio-economic determinants. We explore, describe and compare findings of...

This paper considers the influence of alcohol consumption on employment and income of workers on the Russian labor market Econometric model used in the analysis consists of system of the simultaneous equations Such problem definition gives the chance for the accounting for possible endogenously...

Russian Abstract: Длившаяся с самого начала посткоммунистической истории России дискуссия о национальных приоритетах близка к своему завершению. Понимание ключевой...

Russian Abstract: Доклад подготовлен на базе исследования «Потенциал роста экономической активности населения, социальная динамика населения и риски возникновения...

We consider the concept of a wage curve describing a negative relationship between unemployment and wages. We suggest an explanation of the wage curve using a number of theoretical labor market models, and present an empirical result of its determination for Russia obtained from analysis of...

The article summarizes the key results of researches in the field of early warning systems for financial crises, conducted by the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting (CMASF) since 2005. The proposed early warning system consists of three major blocks: the leading...

The paper compares VAT administration quality in OECD and Russia. Econometric analysis reveals positive influence of the level of institutional development on effectiveness of tax collection. However this effect is presented only if there are no additional tax privileges, which besides direct...

This paper investigates the influence of import tariffs, external debt and speed of foreign reserves accumulation on economic growth. It follows from existing literature that these policies can have different influence on growth, depending on the relative stage of economic development. The...

The most significant changes which were related with ending of last century, Globalization, New Economy and Knowledge Economy, established condition for formation and development of Creative Economy, based on human creativity. The conditions for developing of Creative Economy are not in every...