Russia's peacetime demographic crisis
Subtitle: dimensions, causes, implications
By: Nicholas Eberstadt
Contributors: National Bureau of Asian Research (U.S.)
Series: NBR project report
Publisher: National Bureau of Asian Research
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Seattle, Wash
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780981890494
Subjects: Population; Social conditions
Other titles: Project Muse UPCC books.
Notes: "May 2010".

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-321).

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Russia's demographic crisis : not a "normal country" problem; title: pt. I. Fewer but not better : the demographics of Russia's depopulation; title: Depopulation, with modern Russian characteristics; title: Russia's new patterns of fertility and family formation since the end of communism : shock or transition; title: Russia's ominous patterns of mortality and morbidity : pioneering new and modern pathways to poor health and premature death; title: The terrible mystery of extreme mortality in modern Russia : searching for explanations and answers to a deadly puzzle; title: Migration : Russia's unfamiliar new dilemmas of personal choice; title: pt. II. Russia's human resources in disarray : the demographic crisis beyond the population count; title: Population aging : toward a Russia that is gray, sick, and poor; title: Education and labor productivity in Russia : high levels of schooling, low levels of human capital; title: "Social capital" in Russia : an attitude problem, on a national scale; title: Conclusion; title: A demographic reckoning for Russia; title: References.