摘要：The article concerns the problem of population’s income, first of all – the minimum and average income. The author considers the determination of the sufficient minimum of such income to be of utmost importance for the governmental policy of population’s income regulation. The reliable basis for estimation of the required income level is poverty level assessment. However, the author joins the criticism of the applied method of the subsistence line. She supposes that this indicator is applicable for short-term subsistence of an individual, and as such can be used for calculation of some social transfers. On the other hand, colligation between the payments meant for long-term support of living and development of an individual, and the subsistence line is viewed as ineligible. The author argues that the key problem in Russian is that the minimum living wage is not just associated but remains rather lower than the subsistence line. This fact brings about one of the most counterintuitive problems of Russian economy – the problem of the ‘working poor’. The author believes its solution lays in increase of the minimum living wage up to two subsistence line sums at the very least.
其他摘要：Статья посвящена проблеме размера доходов населения, прежде всего минимального и среднего. Автор считает определение минимально достаточного уровня таких доходов критически важным для проведения государственной политики доходов населения. Для оценки необх
关键词：Income; income distribution; social equity; consumption; earnings; social safety net
