Subject. The article discusses the finance of the census as a budgetary project, and respective issues. We focus on the specifics of expenditures for the 2020 census in Russia. Objectives. The study unveils and analyzes institutional expenditures for the 2020 census in Russia, identifies direct and indirect spending on the census. We substantiate approaches and suggestions concerning the improvement of the Russian census management and finance. Methods. The article is based on evidential, statistical and digital materials from Russia and other countries. We applied empirical, systems, analytical, economic, historical and other methods of epistemology. The practice is viewed as a measure of the truth of theoretical provisions. Results. The study unveils institutional sources and mechanisms for the finance of the Russian census, identifies specific features of the 2020 census expenditures in Russia. We suggest how the census should be improved in terms of the process management and finance. As a conclusion, we make our suggestions on the improvement of the financial management and balance of the census. The article proves it is possible to considerably cut the census spending during the digitalization of the public and municipal management. Conclusions and Relevance. The growing budget deficit makes the State analyze and reduce its expenditures. We suggest amending the census rules and considerably cut its costs. So, institutions should refuse to charge millions of local fees and hire census takers, but rather choose to use national data registers. The findings can be used to formulate and implement budgetary investment policy of governmental bodies, and by higher educational institutions.
Eliseeva I.I. et al. Istoriya perepisei naseleniya v Rossii [History of censuses in Russia]. Moscow, Golden-Bi Publ., 2013, 427 p.
Vishnevskii A.G., Andreev E.M., Treivish A.I. Perspektivy razvitiya Rossii: rol' demograficheskogo faktora [The future of Russia's development: The role of the demographic factor]. Moscow, Gaidar Institute Publ., 2003, 61 p.
Vishnevskii A., Andreev E. [The population of Russia in the first half of the new century]. Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2001, no. 1, pp. 27–44. (In Russ.)
Zakharov S.V., Vishnevskii A.G. [What Russian Demographic Statistics Knows and Does Not Know]. Voprosy statistiki, 2010, no. 2, pp. 7–17. (In Russ.)
Andreev E.M. [On accuracy of Russian population censuses results and level of confidence in different sources of information]. Voprosy statistiki, 2012, no. 11, pp. 21–35. (In Russ.)
Surinov A.E. [Results of the 2010 Russia population census – Lessons and conclusions, reflection on the future]. Voprosy statistiki, 2013, no. 1, pp. 3–6. (In Russ.)
P'yankova A.I. [2011 Combined Population and Housing Census in Germany: Method, Organization, Results]. Voprosy statistiki, 2017, no. 4, pp. 74–84. (In Russ.)
Vladimirov V.N., Sarafanov D.E., Shchetinina A.S. ["New Historical Demography" in Russia: Evolution or a Leap in Development?]. IzvestiyaUral'skogo federal'nogo universiteta. Seriya 2: Gumanitarnye nauki = Izvestia. Ural Federal University Journal. Series 2. Humanities and Arts, 2016, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 29–53. (In Russ.)
Eliseeva I.I., Dekina M.P. [Upcoming population census: All-Russian innovative PRC-2020]. Innovatsii = Innovations, 2019, no. 10, pp. 26–31. (In Russ.)
Kalimullin T.R. [The process of the 2002 census: Observations of participants (HSE, December 5, 2002)]. Ekonomicheskaya sotsiologiya = Journal of Economic Sociology, 2003, no. 1, pp. 147–154. (In Russ.)
Zvereva N.V. [Demography of Modern Russia: Continuity of Development or "Catching Up Modernization"?]. Federalizm = Federalism, 2012, no. 1, pp. 89–02. (In Russ.)
Andreev E.M., Shkol'nikov V.M. [Short-term population statistics: Possibilities and limitations]. Voprosy statistiki, 2016, no. 3, pp. 72–82. (In Russ.)
Upadkhyaya S. [Big data and official statistics]. Voprosy statistiki, 2019, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 5–14. (In Russ.)
Fetisov V.D., Fetisova T. V. [Some aspects of the methodology for determining the population size as a factor of economic development in Russia]. Ekonomika i predprinimatel'stvo = Journal of Economy and Entrepreneurship, 2020, no. 9, pp. 222–225. (In Russ.)
Eliseeva I.I. [Scientific and practical conference "All-Russian Census of Population: The experience and prospects"]. Finansy i biznes = Finance and Business, 2013, no. 2, pp. 234–237. (In Russ.)
