Open AccessAttractiveness of Education in Russia: Achievements and Challenges
Author(s) -
В. Л. Петров,
Віталіна Пугач
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vysšee obrazovanie v rossii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2072-0459
pISSN - 0869-3617
DOI - 10.31992/0869-3617-2020-29-4-29-39
Subject(s) - attractiveness , per capita , population , consumption (sociology) , economic growth , higher education , demographic economics , economics education , economics , per capita income , political science , development economics , sociology , social science , psychology , demography , psychoanalysis
The paper considers an approach to assess the attractiveness of education in post-Soviet Russia. The authors present the findings of an analysis of the dynamics of population’s attitude to education in terms of verbal behavior indicators, such as opinions about purposes of saving and spending money on education depending on per capita income. The paper shows the evolution of education place in personal consumption expenditures and in payments for personal services. It also presents the results of comparative study on education characteristics of the population in Russia and in some major economies. A conclusion is made about high attractiveness of education in our country as well as about an obvious trend to its decline in the XXI century.