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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
New ads
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
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