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Correlates of Life Satisfaction Inequality in Russia

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This paper investigates the correlates of life satisfaction inequality in Russia between 2010 and 2018, employing Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE). Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression results revealed that the major correlates of life satisfaction inequality in Russia are unemployment, being out of labor force, higher education and marital status. We confirm inequality-decreasing feature of income, implying that life satisfaction inequality decreases with increasing individual’s income. Moreover, feeling oneself relatively rich associated with lower life satisfaction inequality. Our study reveals income and gender differences in correlates of life satisfaction inequality. Such regional indicators as gross regional product and population are related to life satisfaction inequality in Russia.

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  1. World Development Indicators, World Bank

  2. The German Socio-Economic Panel, the British Household Panel Survey, the American General Social Survey, and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey.

  3. Altai Krai, Amur oblast, Chelyabinsk oblast, Chuvash Republic, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Kaluga oblast, Republic of Komi, Krasnodar Krai, Kurgan oblast, Leningrad oblast, Moscow city, Moscow oblast, Novosibirsk oblast, Orenburg oblast, Penza oblast, Perm Krai, Primosky Krai, Rostov oblast, Saratov oblast, Smolensk oblast, Stavropol Krai, Tambov oblast, Republic of Tatarstan, Tomsk oblast, Tula oblast, Tver oblast, Udmurt Republic, Volgograd oblast.

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Arletta Isaeva would like to thank the research seminars organized by UNDP project “Empowering women to participate in public administration and socio-economic life”.

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    Raufhon Salahodjaev

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    Raufhon Salahodjaev

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Isaeva, A., Salahodjaev, R. Correlates of Life Satisfaction Inequality in Russia. Applied Research Quality Life 16, 2251–2269 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-020-09871-w

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