1.1.9 Resources for Human Capital Development and Improvement of Quality of Life in Russia: Response to Current Threats and Possible Models of Development

Research Area 1. Social Science and Humanities Aspects of Human Capital  → Research Program 1.1 Social Structure and Wellbeing of Households in the Framework of Sustainable Development Indicators

Context of Research Project within a Subject of Human Capital

Well-being growth and human capital development in Russia have been threatened due to the coronavirus pandemic that has engulfed the world and the economic crisis. The new challenges faced by countries have not only economic consequences (due to the risk of declining incomes and rising unemployment), but also demographic ones (dramatic structural shifts in the gender and age structure and health status of the population), and those related to changes in the labor market (emergence of new forms of employment and distant forms of work).

The research project Resources for Human Capital Development and Improvement of Quality of Life in Russia: Response to Current Threats and Possible Models of Development is devoted to analyzing the current state and ways to develop various components of human capital in Russia. It will describe such key components of human capital as citizens’ well-being of, inequality, health and labor characteristics, as well as analyze aspects that determine the state and further human capital development.

Project Aim

Analyzing the current state and ways to develop various components of human capital

Project Objectives:

1. Empirical analysis of the impact of the development of the human capital of families with children on poverty reduction and income growth of the population, development of recommendations aimed at developing the human capital of families with children in order to reduce poverty and increase the income of the population.
2. Analysis of socio-demographic and territorial characteristics of the health of the population of the Russian Federation, empirical analysis of the contribution of inequality of opportunity to inequality of health in the Russian Federation.
3. Development of demographic indicators for assessing human capital, study of the contribution of demographic processes to the current and future state of human capital in the regions of the Russian Federation.
4. Construction and analysis of the forecast of the labor force in the Russian Federation as a whole and at the regional level, development of recommendations for labor market policy.

Key Findings

2020

The analysis of the dynamics of entry into motherhood in modern Russia has been carried out

2021

The analysis of the ‘sandwich syndrome’ effect on the employment and health of individuals has been carried out. The consequences and effects on employment and wages related to the polarization of jobs, the specifics of labor income inequality, and the aging of the population have been discussed. It was revealed that, in general, the ‘sandwich syndrome’ has a negative impact on the probability of employment of individuals, increases the probability of remote employment, but does not affect wages. An assessment of the effective retirement age and the factors determining it has been made, for the first time performed on Russian data

Publications

1. Makarentseva, A. Dynamics of Entry into Motherhood in Modern Russia // Journal The World of Russia. Sociology. Ethnology. - 2022. - №1.

Conferences

Joint scientific and practical online conference of RANEPA and HSE on the topic Labor Market: Demographic Challenges and Human Capital (June 8-9, 2021)