New Factors of Socio-Economic Inequality: Causes and Ways to Overcome Them [Новые Факторы Социально-Экономического Неравенства: Причины Возникновения И Пути Их Преодоления]

Reduction of the excessive socio-economic inequality of various layers of the Russian population is possible not only through the implementation of social policy compensatory functions but also due to its stimulating functions – population resource capabilities enhancement. The relevance of such approach to the problem of inequality reduction increases in periods of economic instability. The purpose of the research was to find out what resource capabilities the population obtained to maintain the level of welfare in this period. The analysis was conducted in two dimensions – at the level of individuals and at the level of households that was contributed by specially arranged sample survey representing whole Russian population. The models of socio-economic behavior of individuals and households directed at increasing or retaining the gained level of welfare are reviewed in details.