Applying bootstrapped quantile regression to the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) data, we examine the channels through which individuals experience and seek to cope with changes in consumption. We find that married individuals living in small households, with educated heads in...

Using the RLMS, this paper re-examines the gender wage gap in Russia from 1994 to 1998. We find that the average gender wage gap was fairly stable during 1994-1996 but that it became wider following the financial crisis of 1998. In particular, low-income female employees were hardest hit by the...

The article estimates a logit model of debt arrears including economic as well as political variables. The results suggest that both indicators affected debt repayment in Latin America during 1971-86. The paper also discusses the viewpoint that authoritarian and military regimes have an...