Russia’s Peacetime Demographic Crisis: Dimensions, Causes, Implications

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x Introduction Russia’s Demographic Crisis: Not a “Normal Country” Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Part I Fewer but Not Better: The Demographics of Russia’s Depopulation. . . . . . . . . . . .3 Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Depopulation, with Modern Russian Characteristics Chapter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Russia’s New Patterns of Fertility and Family Formation since the End of Communism: Shock or Transition Chapter 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Russia’s Ominous Patterns of Mortality and Morbidity: Pioneering New and Modern Pathways to Poor Health and Premature Death Chapter 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 The Terrible Mystery of Extreme Mortality in Modern Russia: Searching for Explanations and Answers to a Deadly Puzzle Chapter 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Migration: Russia’s Unfamiliar New Dilemmas of Personal Choice table of contents xi Part II Russia’s Human Resources in Disarray: The Demographic Crisis beyond the Population Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Chapter 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Population Aging: Toward a Russia That Is Gray, Sick, and Poor Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Education and Labor Productivity in Russia: High Levels of Schooling, Low Levels of Human Capital Chapter 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 “Social Capital” in Russia: An Attitude Problem, on a National Scale Conclusion A Demographic Reckoning for Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 xii ...