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II International Conference for young scholars, graduate and postgraduate students “Population, Public Health and Development ”
Young scholars, graduate, postgraduate and undergraduate students are invited to participate in the II International Conference for young scholars, graduate and postgraduate students “Population, Public Health and Development ” organized by Department of Public administration and Institute of Demography National Research University Higher School of Economics
Traditional Family is in Revival
The Russian family has been becoming more demographically heterogeneous over recent years. Some of the families follow the trend of having many children: women more often give birth to a third and fourth child, and the gap between births is decreasing, which makes the evolution of the family faster. At the same time, younger generations are inclined to postpone marriage and having their first child, which leads either to later motherhood or to childlessness. This means that two opposite trends are developing; along with the growing share of ‘Western-type’ families, with postponed parenthood and fewer children, there is a revival of the traditional family with more children,Sergey Zakharov, Deputy Director of the HSE Institute of Demography, reported.
20Aug2015HSE for Beginners — A Step-by-Step Guide to Settling In
This year HSE is welcoming around 200 international students who will be enrolled in full-degree programmes. To help you feel an integral part of the HSE family, get settled upon arrival and complete the enrollment, we have put together a step-by-step guide.