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Living standard and resource potential of pensioners in the northern regions of Russia
The article evaluates standards of living and employment, attitudes to work and education for senior citizens in the northern regions of Russia. We show Russian major pension coverage trends, the ratio of average pension to wage, and the ratio of average pension to the subsistence minimum for a pensioner. In the majority of northern territories, especially in regions rich in raw materials, the pensioners' financial standing should be considered more problematic against the background of the generally high cost of living. Based on a sociological survey, we have discovered social feeling and employment characteristics of the third age population, assessed elders' cognitive abilities, and identified basic determinants of labor activity in older age groups. The study shows that two-thirds of survey respondents of retirement age estimate their income as sufficient and acceptable. Until the age of 65, people have a strong desire to work. Pensioners have an attitude to work equally as exacting as working-age people do: about a third of them would like to change their place of employment. Almost one-fifth of unemployed senior citizens want to find a job. The strongest determinants of labor activity for the elderly are age, level of education and attitude to education. Thirty percent of respondents not only recognize the ability of older people to learn but also would personally like to acquire new knowledge and skills. We conclude that any form of age discrimination in employment and education should not be practiced; instead, it is necessary to create conditions for the better use of the resource potential of older people
Popova L. A. popova@iespn.komisc.ru
Zorina Ye. N. zorina@iespn.komisc.ru
Keywords: aging Northern areas pension living standard of pensioners labor activity of elderly people attitude to education
Comparative Assessment of Labour Potential in the North Regions of Russia
The paper proposes a methodical approach to the quantitative-qualitative evaluation of labor potential in regions. The authors performed a comparative analysis of the labor potential dynamics in the Russian northern regions over 2002-2010. As our analysis show, the working life span close to the maximal level, employment index and level of professional education of the employed population are key factors of the integral labor potential index for both Russia and the Russian North. However, the GRP per capita indices and capital-labor ratios, which displayed a many times increase over the time between last and previous censuses, make the most significant contribution to positive dynamics of the labor potential index in the context of the economic growth in 2002-2010
Popova L. A. popova@iespn.komisc.ru
Keywords: North North labor potential the integral index of labor potential Northern areas
Peculiar Demographic Aging in Northern Regions of Russia
The paper considers the features of a model of the population aging in Russia caused by such factors as a demographic wave, short lifetime, and migration processes. We can state that Russia approximates to the aging model observed in developed countries. We show, by the example for the Komi Republic, a specific character of the population aging in the Northern regions of Russia caused by the more young age structure of the population in these regions, short lifetime, and a massive migration outflow observed over last 25 years.
Popova L. A. popova@iespn.komisc.ru
Keywords: age structure of the population region demographic aging factors of aging tax burden Northern areas
Demographic policy in Northern Russia: peculiarities and priorities
The paper proves that a demographic crisis in Northern Russia is much deeper than the official vital statistics shows. The most severe problems are the young age-specific mortality patterns; a high share of deaths due to external factors and diseases of exogenous etiology; low birth rates among those who live in traditionally Russian Northern areas, and among Aboriginals who live in the areas with the completed demographic transition; a high degree of family life disruption; and interdependence between the uncompleted demographic transition of Northern Aboriginal peoples and their unfavorable qualitative birth characteristics and high child mortality. Just they predetermine the goals and tasks of Northern demographic policy
Popova L. A. popova@iespn.komisc.ru
Keywords: demographic policy marital and family relationship quantitative and qualitative aspects of natality child mortality life expectancy demographic transition age pattern natural population decline Northern areas
