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Current topic: Demographic origin s of the Egyptian revolution

• Explanations on the surface: the economic stagnation?
• Corruption?
• Unemployment?
• Socio-economic inequality?
• Poverty and hunger?
• "Malthusian trap" and the way out
• Blame it on the "abroad"

Eurasian demographic barometer

• The series of 2010 censuses continues - by March 1, 2011, the censusestook place in127countries , home toabout76 % of world population
• During theperiodbetween 2000 and 2010 censuses,the population ofAzerbaijanand Kyrgyzstan continued togrow steadily, that of Belarus and Russia continued to decline, while inKazakhstan decline was replaced by growth
• The percentage of the " titular" nationalityinthe population ofBelarus,Kazakhstanand Kyrgyzstanincreases steadily
• During theperiodbetween 1999 and 2009 censuses, the proportion ofchildren below 15 declined, while that of workers from 15 to 60 increased

Analytical news

• "Egypt, a demographic exception"
• The population of the East: trends of change
• Population projections for the Middle East until 2050
• Globalization and poverty
• Global trends in unilateral violence against the civilian population
• Human development: quantitative measurement and the processes in the global system
• Generation projections

Census 2010

• "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", "RIA Novosti" and "Rosbalt" about the first results of the census in Russia
• "Vedomosti", "Slon.ru" and "Regnum" about the first results of the census in Russia in the regional context
• "Slon.ru" and "Novye Moskovskie Novosti" about the census in the Caucasus

Recent polls

• About the Women's Day and equal rights
• Life and family: Men and women
• What complicates life of a Russian family?
• Who has the hardest time to find a job?
• The financial position of Russians: prospects for the coming year
• Policy concerning immigrants

Russian news

• The working population in Russia may decrease by 10% in 2020
• The length of life of rural residents is two years shorter than the average in Russia
• Social pensions will be indexed in April 2011 at 10.27%
• Pensions of Russian and Belarussian citizens will include work experience in both countries
• The maternity capital is mostly spent on housing
• Medvedev instructed to consider new privileges for large families
• Overall unemployment in Russia has declined within a month by 100,000 people
• Nearly half of Russians consider the unemployment rate to be very high
• Federal Labor and Employment Service (Rostrud) will work on employment of young Russians
• The crisis in the labor market over, but debt payments will continue
• Medvedev simplified the entrance of foreign professionals in Russia
• Moscow authorities will offer social support to legal migrants and their families
• Should migrants pay their health insurance themselves?
• Employers in Moscow were fined 3 billion roubles within a year for the employment of illegal immigrants
• The mortality from cardiovascular diseases in Russia has decreased
• The incidence of tuberculosis in Russia has decreased by more than 2 5%
• Russia will not use methadone for drug rehabilitation
• Schoolchildren are promised voluntary drug testing
• Moscow may ban smoking in the entrances of blocks of flats
• "Nashi" ("Our people") joined in the fight against illegal abortions
• Putin insists on designating the deadlines for commissioning of perinatal centers in the regions
• Only 5 of the 83 Federal subjects of Russia have fully prepared the healthcare modernization programs
• Birth certificates have not increased the doctors' salaries
• Ministry of Health has approved new rules for mandatory health insurance
• The compensations for personal injury in the medical sector rose by 8 times
• The punishment of either parent for kidnapping will be toughened
• The number of Russian teenagers with criminal record is reducing in recent years.

Eurasian news

• The population of Kazakhstan has reached 16.5 million people
• The population of Moldova is reducing
• The population of Armenia grew to 3262 thousand people in 2010
• Azerbaijani Ombudsman announced the reasons for the reduction of women's part in the country's population
• The general agricultural census will take place in Moldova for the first time from 15 March to 15 April
• The average salary of Belarusians in February amounts to $464
• The average salary in Moldova rose by 8.2% in 2010
• Women in Moldova earn less than men
• The retirement age in Moldova will be common for all by 2034
• The minimal pension in Moldova after indexation will amount to 310 lei
• The real amount of pensions in Belarus in February dropped by 2.3%
• Pensions in Belarus will increase
• The pension system in Belarus is one of the most stable in the world
• The average family in Minsk in 2010 spends on food 688 thousand Br a month
• The economically active population is decreasing in Moldova
• The unemployment has increased in Moldova
• Moldovan authorities intend to reduce unemployment among young people by 10%
• Nearly 30,000 unemployed in Azerbaijan got a job in 2010
• In 2011, the unemployment benefit in Azerbaijan decreased by 0.1%
• Will Moldova be able to stop the brain drain?
• The EU will pay for the return of illegal immigrants to Georgia
• The "Safe migration" campaign has started in Belarus
• The refugees in Moldova will receive cash aid
• The number of identified cancer diseases in Azerbaijan increased by 6% in 2010
• The number of suicides in Belarus has dropped by almost 10%
• Drug addicts in Armenia started contacting the drug treatment center more often
• Azerbaijan will not restrict abortions
• The Azerbaijani parliament stands against medical examination before marriage
• More than 70% of children suffer domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan
• The notions of "father" and "mother" may disappear in Moldova?

World news

• Men will outnumber women in India by 20% in 2030
• Will Latvians become extinct by 2200?
• More than 650000 of Latvia population took part in online Census 2011
• Latvian census data are in safety
• Pensions in Latvia will be cut, but not at 20-50%
• 35% of Latvia's residents maintain the remaining 65%
• 8.27% of Latvians are living below living standards
• Unemployment level in Latvia in February remained at 14.5%
• The unemployment declines in Lithuania
• Latvian Saeima should amend law to allow dual citizenship
• Utah considers stricter immigration laws
• The UK Border Agency lost track of 180000 migrants on expired visas
• Latvians show active interest in the employment in Germany
• Teaching in Lithuanian expands for schools for ethnic minorities
• The death toll in Japan has exceeded 9300 people
• Haiti predicted 800000 cases of cholera
• Cholera outbreak kills 20 in Somali
• South Korea is one of the most drinking countries in Asia
• UK will not reduce the limit blood alcohol concentration level of drivers
• The number of smokers in Turkey has reduced
• Belgium will ban smoking in public places completely from July 1
• Cigarette sales in Spain drop by one-third
• Drug use in Mexico has increased by 50% within the last 6 years
• The incidence of tuberculosis in Latvia is growing
• Nearly 12 million people in the United States are cancer survivors
• Inhabitants of South Dakota have obliged to communicate with opponents of abortions
• The number of overweight African children under five has tripled to 13.5 million in 20 years
• Every fifth child in Sweden is overweight
• 73 million people in the U.S. reported problems paying their medical bills
• A 63-year-old Dutch woman gave birth to a daughter
• Religion may become extinct in nine nations

Newspapers write about ...

• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" about the demography of the Muslim world
• "The Washington Post" about the global food issue and Middle East unrest
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" about the Middle East revolutions and the expected influx of immigrants in the EU
• "Slon.ru" about party demography
• "RBC daily" about the social and demographic problems of Russia
• "Expert" about demographic problems in Russia
• "RBC daily" about the demographic irresponsibility of governors
• "Kommersant-Ukraine" about changes in childbirth benefits in Ukraine
• "Novye Izvestiya" about the alimony on housing
• "Rossiyskaya Gazeta Weekly" about the new procedure of hospital payment
• "Vedomosti" и "Kommersant" about the "modification" of pension payments for the "old" and the "young" retirees
• "RBC daily" about the retirement age in developed countries
• "Slon.ru" about a possible rise of the retirement age in China and Ukraine
• "Gazetaby.com" about aging in Belarus
• "Belarusian News" about the retirement age in Belarus
• "Opec.ru" about social modernization
• "Vedomosti" and "HSE News Service" about the Russian labor market
• "Kommersant" about the sensation of unemployment in Russia
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" about the global report on the situation with alcohol and health
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" about the cancer incidence
• "Zavtra tvoey strany" about the suicides in Belarus
• "Novye Izvestiya" about the smoking ban in Moscow
• "Kommersant" about health and healthcare in Russia
• "Kommersant" about the reorganization of the health insurance system in Russia
• "Novaya Gazeta" about multiculturalism
• "Opec.ru" about migration and the problems of integration
• "Novye Moskovskie Novosti" about the migration policy in Russia
• "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" about the amendments to the law on migration registration
• "Novye Izvestiya" about how to replace guest workers with Russians
• "Komsomolskaya Pravda" about the uselessness of migration to Russia
• "Ozodlik Radiosi" about the social protection of migrant workers in Moscow
• "Vesti FM" about the children of migrants in Moscow schools
• "Bely Parus" about the Chinese migration to Tajikistan
• "Itogi" about the desire of foreign scientists to work in Russia
• "Expert" about the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire, an African nation of immigrants
• "The Guardian" about the victims of natural disasters in Japan
• "Time" about environmental refugees in Japan
• "Podrobno.uz" about the upcoming micro-census in Uzbekistan
• "Gazeta.ru" about the animal nature of xenophobia
• "The Times" about dad, mom and 0.2% of another man

Recent publications

• Marriage and family
• Practice and identities: gender structure
• Young people in Russia 2010
• Children, women and family in Ukraine
• Public opinion 2010
• Through the pages of magazines "Statistical Issues" and "Society and Economy"
• Contents of the "European Journal of Population"

Profession : Researcher

• Young researchers in the Demography section of the Central House of the Scientists
• Party demography. Seminar of the Institute of Demography, HSE
• Zdenek Pavlik is 80
• Rostislav Kapelyushnikov is 60

New in the Reading Room

• Series "New in Foreign Demography" continued
• "Urbanization and resettlement". Collection of translated articles
• "Population policy. The socialist experience". Collection of translated articles.

Student s' page

• Selected essays: UK: Divorces and divorcability
• About the Masters Program in Demography

April Fools' Day

• Demography as a funny science

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1. Call for papers. International Divorce Conference, the 9th meeting of the European Network on Divorce Research hosted by the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics at Bocconi University. Milan, Italy. 27-29 October 2011

2. Call for applications. Fifth Russian Summer School on Labor Economics (RSSLE-2011) "Institutions and Labor Market". Moscow Region, 3-9 July 2011

3. The Centre for Development of Scientific Cooperation offers publishing of research results

4. Call for applications. International Conference on Gender Issues "Gender Map of Central and Eastern Europe". Sumy, Ukraine. 21-22 April, 2011

5. Call for applications. European Social Science History Conference. Glasgow University, Scotland, UK. 11-14 April, 2012