Autocratic Politics in a National Crisis: The Imperial Russian Government and Pugachev's Revolt/1773-1775

This paper surveys the literature on public-private sector wage differentials for Russian labor market. We give an overview of the main results and problems of the existing research. The authors unanimously confirm that in Russia private sector workers receive higher wages relative to their public sector counterparts. According to different estimates the "premium" varies between 7 and 40%. A correct evaluation of this "premium" is subject to debate and is a particular case of a more general econometric problem of wage differentials estimation. The main difficulties are related to data limitations, self-selection and omitted variables. Reasons for the existence of a stable private sector "premium" in Russia are not fully investigated.

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Global Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Russia

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2009-1-9-27 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 9-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

A. Kudrin

Keyword(s):

Monetary Policy ◽

Fiscal Policy ◽

Financial Crisis ◽

Central Bank ◽

Global Financial Crisis ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Real Economy ◽

Energy Prices ◽

Russian Government ◽

The Real

The article examines the causes of origin and manifestation of the current global financial crisis and the policies adopted in developed countries in 2007—2008 to deal with it. It considers the effects of the financial crisis on Russia’s economy and monetary policy of the Central Bank in the current conditions as well as the main guidelines for the fiscal policy under different energy prices. The measures for fighting the crisis that the Russian government and the Central Bank use to support the real economy are described.

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Structural Alternatives of Russia’s Social and Economic Development

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2008-1-71-85 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 71-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

A. Shastitko ◽

S. Afontsev ◽

S. Plaksin

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Economic System ◽

Competitive Markets ◽

Russian Government ◽

Social And Economic Development

The article contains a general comparative study of four strategies of social and economic development: "Inertia", "Renter", "Mobilization", and "Modernization". The context for comparison is explanation of correlation between adaptive features of Russia’s contemporary economic system and particularities of the mentioned strategies with corresponding ways of managing economic development problems. The comparison is based on description of strategies essence, ways and tools to achieve results. Perspectives of achieving strategic purposes as well as expected results of implementation of each strategy are shown. Special comparative study of four strategies on the base of development of competitive markets as one of strategic aims of the Russian government is presented.

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China's Paradox -- Prosperous Banks in National Crisis

Far Eastern Survey ◽

10.1525/as.1935.4.6.01p0101u ◽

1935 ◽

Vol 4 (6) ◽

pp. 41-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leonard T. K. Wu

Keyword(s):

National Crisis

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Ransoming Russians from Tatars: Justification and Practice

Russian History ◽

10.30965/18763316-04701008 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 47 (1-2) ◽

pp. 91-99

Author(s):

Donald Ostrowski

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Social Status ◽

Russian Orthodox ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

Russian Government ◽

Russian Orthodox Church ◽

Gender And Age ◽

Sliding Scale ◽

The Government ◽

Modern Russian

The early modern Russian government and Russian Orthodox Church identified as one of their main duties the ransoming of Russian Christians from Muslim Tatar captors. The process of ransoming could be an involved one with negotiations being carried on by different agents and by the potential ransomees themselves. Different amounts of ransom were paid on a sliding scale depending upon the ransomee’s social status, gender, and age. One of our main sources for the justification of this practice was the Stoglav (100 Chapters) Church Council in 1551, which discussed the issue of ransom in some detail. The Law Code (Ulozhenie) of 1649 specifies the conditions and amounts to be paid to redeem captives. Church writers justified the ransoming of Christian captives of the Muslim Tatars by citing Scripture, and they also specified that the government should pay the ransom out of its own treasury.

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