Who is in charge of family finances in the Russian two-earner households?

Using a recent representative survey and supplemental interviews, we investigate household money management and domestic power dynamics in contemporary Russian two-partner families. During the Soviet period, it was women who typically managed household money. Today, while 45.6% of contemporary Russian two-partner households pool money and manage it jointly, and in about a quarter of families women are in charge, families with men in control of domestic money are on the rise among more affluent spouses who have been married for less than 20 years. While previous work finds evidence for the feminization of poverty in the postcommunist region, we underscore the otherwise hidden aspects of inequality—gendered access to household money among the relative “winners” of the transition: Younger and more affluent families. We place these changes in the context of neoliberal market reforms, including labor market and welfare policy changes and the rise of neoconservative gender ideology.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: National Research University Higher School of Economics "Household Financial Behaviour Monitor." (National Research University Higher School of Economics "Household Financial Behaviour Monitor")Accepted manuscrip

Influence of physical activity on development of the roundabout course

Introduction. Walls of veins of a wide fastion of a hip are much thicker at the expense of well developed external cover. Muscular veins have no such powerful external cover, they well developed a muscular layer. Veins are characterized by well developed muscular layer and an elastic framework

Propensity for Knowledge Sharing: An Equity Theory Approach

Determining which factors promote or impede the sharing of knowledge within organizations constitutes an important area of research. This paper looks at knowledge sharing through the lens of equity theory. The study will explore the impact of three types of justice – distributional, procedural and interactional – on knowledge sharing. Distributional justice refers to the judgments that people make with respect to the input/output ratios they experience relative to the ratios experienced by others with whom they identify (reference others). Procedural justice has to do with following procedures that are consistent, unbiased, accurate, correctable, representative and ethical. Interactional justice refers to the quality of interpersonal treatment. Hypotheses regarding the influence of distributional, procedural, and interactional justice on knowledge sharing processes are presented. These hypotheses will be tested based on the survey. The survey instrument will be developed based on the adaptation of previously validated scales in addition to new items where no existing measures are found. The new items will be subject to the review of an expert panel comprised of the IS graduate faculty. After incorporating suggestions of the panel, the instrument will be piloted on a sample of the investigated population. The proposed sample will consist of IT professionals working on software development project teams at several Fortune 500 companies representing various industries. The results of the pilot study and the feedback received at the consortium will help refine and modify the instrument before the administration of the final survey

Application of Artistic Image as A Form of Artistic Thinking in Literary Texts

The article gives a broad definition of the concept of artistic image. An artistic image is an information about the impressions that are embodied in the human eye, and where this concept can be used. At the same time, it was argued that the artistic image should be distinguished from the imagination

Structural and Semantic Properties of Parenthesis in English Essays

The article deals with structural and semantic peculiarities of parenthesis used in English essays.