Economic Transition and Demographic Change in Russia, 1989-1995
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Post-Soviet Geography
- Vol. 36 (7) , 446-458
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641002
Abstract
The author "reviews recent population changes in Russia, relating trends in fertility, mortality, natural increase, and migration to the social and economic effects of the transition to a market economy. Significant trends (a precipitous drop in fertility, an extraordinary increase in mortality--especially among middle-aged males--and a consequent decline in natural increase) are identified and analyzed, with dislocations caused by the uncertainties of economic and political transition suggested as the principal causes. The effect of net in-migration to Russia (probably mainly ethnic Russians from the Near Abroad countries) in partially offsetting the natural population decrease is examined as well."Keywords
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