TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversification of rural families income and alternative employment
T2 - The results of survey
AU - Serova, E.
AU - Lerman, Z.
AU - Zvyagintsev, D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2008, Russian Presidental Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. All rights reserved.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The results of a rural survey in two Russian regions demonstrate that agriculture is no longer the main source of income for rural families. They are diversifiers, earning non-agricultural income through both non-agricultural wage employment and non-farm self-employment. The rural population is risk-averse, preferring relative security of wage employment to individual entrepreneurship. Although all respondents would like to earn more, they are reluctant to consider the option of changing their place of work and are afraid of losing their current job. It may be difficult for new profit-oriented employers to offer equitable solutions to all segments of the rural population without properly designed government support programs which furthermore should be targeted at the labor force of the future, i.e., the Russian youth.
AB - The results of a rural survey in two Russian regions demonstrate that agriculture is no longer the main source of income for rural families. They are diversifiers, earning non-agricultural income through both non-agricultural wage employment and non-farm self-employment. The rural population is risk-averse, preferring relative security of wage employment to individual entrepreneurship. Although all respondents would like to earn more, they are reluctant to consider the option of changing their place of work and are afraid of losing their current job. It may be difficult for new profit-oriented employers to offer equitable solutions to all segments of the rural population without properly designed government support programs which furthermore should be targeted at the labor force of the future, i.e., the Russian youth.
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U2 - 10.32609/0042-8736-2008-6-84-97
DO - 10.32609/0042-8736-2008-6-84-97
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AN - SCOPUS:85072067937
SN - 0042-8736
VL - 2008
SP - 84
EP - 97
JO - Voprosy Ekonomiki
JF - Voprosy Ekonomiki
IS - 6
ER -