Qualifications and education being equal, it's rare for women in Russia to make it to the top of the corporate ladder compared to men. The reasons for this may vary from a lack of state support to gender role stereotypes which view women as primarily mothers and homemakers, according to the HSE researchers.
December 06, 2016
Most migrants coming to Russia change occupations, go without healthcare and spend their free time with their compatriots.
November 30, 2016
Low-quality dairy products have taken one quarter of the Russian dairy market. In the cheese segment, this share has reached 80%.
November 28, 2016
A good knowledge of algebra and geometry helps schoolchildren to solve some other types of tasks, including applied ones. These are the findings made by researchers from HSE, Stanford, and Michigan State University in a joint study.
November 23, 2016
Advertising on the internet, billboards and regional TV has been found to be the most effective.
November 21, 2016
Needing to switch attention between tasks causes stronger activation in certain brain regions in men compared to women.
November 17, 2016
Family conflicts about child rearing can affect a mother's confidence and prompt her to hire a nanny.
November 16, 2016
Alexander Belenky's book 'How US Presidents Are Elected' covers some of the more puzzling features of the American electoral system.
November 09, 2016
Online job search is found to be more effective than personal connections half of the time.
November 07, 2016
For the last 70 years, it was largely believed that spatial processing disorders, including those seen in language, occurred when the temporal-parietal-occipital (TPO) junction of the brain’s left hemisphere was damaged. But according to researchers from the HSE Neurolinguistics Laboratory, it is the damages to the axonal fibers connected to this area of the brain that are most important.
November 03, 2016
Older Russians rarely exercise to keep fit, but often continue working past retirement age.
November 02, 2016
Street rallies more often consist of those who get the information from the internet rather than TV.
October 31, 2016