Региональные меры поддержки многодетных детей в РФ

Журнал исследований социальной политики. 2020. Т. 18. № 2. С. 191–206.

Kozlov V. A., Kazenin K.

The paper reviews regional pronatalist measures recently established in

Russia. Although much attention is paid by researchers to pronatalist measures

introduced by the Russian federal government, regional measures of this

kind are neither studied in the aspect of their efficiency nor properly

systematized. Most of Russia’s regions introduced special measures of support

for families having children in the early 2010s on the incentive of the federal

government. Most of these measures are addressed to families having three

or more children. In many regions non-recurrent allowances (‘maternity

capitals’) are offered to families at the birth of the third child. Besides, many

regions supply families with monthly allowances after the birth of the third

child and provide them with allotments of free land. Overall, at least three

quarters of Russia’s regions use each of these measures. The review deals

with every regional pronatalist measure separately. Regions differ in amounts

of money paid as non-recurrent and monthly allowances and in conditions

under which these allowances and land allotments are available to families

with three or more children. These differences between regions are considered

for all the period from introduction of the regional pronatalist measures in

the overview. It is shown that despite the economic volatility of the 2010s,

the system of regional pronatalist measures was gradually expanding in that

period. Cuts of some of these measures by regions were rare. Existing studies

on the relationship between regional pronatalist measures and fertility are

scrutinised. It is argued that further study of these measures is needed in

order to assess their efficiency.

Keywords: fertility in Russia, рождаемость в России, государственная социальная политика, региональный материнский капитал, regional social policy