Unoccupied Population and Self-Employment in Personal Subsidiary Economy: Plans and Reality

Abstract

The article studies the development of self-employment in personal subsidiary economy in Novosibirsk region. The development of self-employment is related to solution of the problems of rural population employment and unemployment reduction. Self-employment offers rural people an opportunity to find worthy occupation to realize their knowledge and skills, it also facilitates their adaptation in difficult situation in life and material security, while helping the state to stand against unemployment. The research is based on the results of the surveys of unemployed and self-employed people in personal subsidiary economy. Survey and questioning formed the method of the research. The goal of the article is carrying out comparative analysis of the opinions of unemployed and selfemployed people in personal subsidiary economy regarding various aspects, identification of problems and positive results of the transition to self-employment, as well as necessary help and support on the part of the state authorities. The plans of unemployed people regarding motives, spheres of activities, forms of organization, help and support were compared against the opinion of self-employed people in personal subsidiary economy. The conclusion was drawn that self-employment in personal subsidiary economy is an essential outlook of active policy of rural population employment and it is of high social importance. Further development of this outlook of active policy of rural population employment is needed since it facilitates increment in activity, self-esteem raising, improvement of living conditions of unemployed people, and in general it contributes to their return to society and social unrest reduction.