Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:Irina Starodubrovskaya
Author-Name-First: Irina   
Author-Name-Last: Starodubrovskaya
Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Title:  Social Policy in the Provinces. Urgent Issues
Abstract:   This papers deals with the issues related to the service provision in the regions which can be called as "Russia's depth", in the provinces which are plagued by depopulation. Outflow of the population, degradation of human capital, ageing of social sphere staff: all these issues require special approach to the organization of social services provision. At the federal level these features often are not taken into consideration which put rigid barriers for the optimization of social expenditure in such territories. This paper is based on field research of such provinces as Tomsk, Vologda, Kostroma regions and Perm Krai.
Length:  108 pages
Creation-Date: 2014
Revision-Date:   2015
Classification-JEL: R11, R12, R13, R14
Keywords:    Russian economy, social services, human capital
File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/117Starodubrovskaya.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: Revised version, 2015
Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:117