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On May 26–27 the Sixth International Conference of Data Users of the HSE Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS HSE) was held on the basis of the Moscow campus of the Higher School of Economics.

The decrease could be even greater but for the drinking of parents

The first seminar of the Scientific and Study Group «Assessing the impact of macroshocks on socio-economic processes in the regions of Russia» took place on January 27. The participants spoke about their scientific plans that they plan to implement within the framework of the RSG. The general project for 2023 is called «Evaluation of the impact of macroshocks on socio-economic processes in the regions of Russia (on the example of COVID-19)».

Datasets with constructed variables on household`s income and expenditures are updated with data from 30th Round of RLMS HSE.

Positive noncognitive skills drive success

Vaccination is generally considered an essential tool for curbing the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Russia was one of the first countries to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 and launched an immunisation campaign in 2021, its vaccination rates remained low for a long time. By October 2021, only 36% of Russian adults were vaccinated, many of whom were compelled by their employers to do so. Having examined the factors contributing to low trust in vaccination among Russians, HSE economists suggest measures to improve vaccination uptake. The paper is published in Vaccine.

Online-conference "Social and non-cognitive skills and labour market", organized within the framework of the HSE Human Capital Multidisciplinary Research Centre, was held on September, 22, 2022.

For our users who works with RLMS-HSE data in English in Stata we have prepared updated longitudinal household and individual databases covering the study period from 1994 to 2021 in the '.dta' format.