Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Tatiana Klyachko Author-Name-First: Tatiana Author-Name-Last: Klyachko Author-Workplace-Name: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Author-Name: Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Sinelnikov-Murylev Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: On the Financial ReformIn Russia’s Higher Education Abstract: The article deals with higher education reform in Russia. Special attention is paid to the innovations after the Federal law No 83 was adopted (2010). The authors analyze whether the reforms lead to financial self-dependence of universities, whether they do create a more competitive environment (which promotes a better education), and how the normative per capita financing affects the higher education system. Analysis of the first reform steps shows: the results are contradictory, many applied methods do not lead to the desired effect. The main obstacles are other institutions: first of all the system of higher education institutions accreditation and licensing. For further efficiency growth of higher education political (administrative) methods are needed. Only after application of administrative methods the economic methods will work properly. During the reforms it is also necessary to account for the social situation in the country. Length: 14 pages Creation-Date: 2012 Revision-Date: 2013 Classification-JEL: I21, I22, I23, I24, I25 Keywords: higher education, welfare state, human capital File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/0052Sinelnikov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2013 Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:0052