Self-Employment in the Village: Social Aspects
The article analyzes the results of five studies carried out in the Novosibirsk region for the purpose of research of the possibilities of the switch to self-employment of unoccupied population that apply to employment service regarding provision of employment.The paper studies the dynamics of the main social indicators favoring the choice of self-employment and varying under the influence of this choice: hope and trust in the state regarding provision of employment status, periodicity in loss of work, recession of income level and capability of providing oneself and family; influence of the reference groups on the choice of self-employment (their success); assessment of labor as social value; social feeling of unoccupied people and family support. Several trends were revealed: faith in the state as the guarantor of full employment provision weakened significantly; civil activity regarding securing self-sufficiency increased; the share of the people who lost work for the first time is reducing and the number of unemployed who lost work two or more times is increasing; the number of the people who have to save on the most needed and who are not in difficulties for money is decreasing; the number of the people who feel pity for unemployed people regarding their unemployment is decreasing and the number of indifferent people is increasing; family support grows. A conclusion was drawn regarding the possibility of employment of unemployed people via the development of self-employment, necessity of provision of assistance and support to them on the part of the state; it will allow people to overcome a welfare mentality and discover their own business development strategy.