Bogomolova
T.Yu., Tapilina V.S. Poverty
in the Present Russia: Measurement and Analysis
Economic
stratification of population in Russia, and the state of the poor
people in the
country are analyzed on the data of The Russian Longitudinal Monitoring
Survey
(1998-2002). This article considers the wide range of poverty indices,
the
characteristics of poverty reproduction, social spectrum of poverty and
contribution of social groups into total population poverty. The
findings are
linked with current problems of the state socioeconomic policy.