SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

TITLE

 Changes in Employment Levels and Working Hours in Subsidiary Plots 
in the Post-Soviet Period

 Polina M. Kozyreva, Alfiya E. Nizamova, Aleksandr I. Smirnov

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https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_3_7_415_424

 

AUTHORS

Polina M. Kozyreva

 Institute of Sociology – Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 
Moscow, Russia

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3034-8521

SPIN-код: 7548-7264

РИНЦ AuthorID: 346897

ResearcherID: F-2538-2014

Scopus Author ID: 6505848584

Алфия Энварьевна Низамова

Institute of Sociology – Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 
Moscow, Russia

Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia  

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0607-0638

SPIN-код: 6059-5446

РИНЦ AuthorID: 737670

ResearcherID: I-3631-2015

Scopus Author ID: 40461897500

Александр Ильич Смирнов

Institute of Sociology – Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 
Moscow, Russia

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-6203

SPIN-код: 2137-2735

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ResearcherID: ABA-6123-2021

Scopus Author ID: 55574203282

FOR CITATION

Kozyreva P.M., Nizamova A.E., Smirnov A.I. Changes in Employment Levels and Working Hours in Subsidiary Plots in the Post-Soviet 
Period. Uroven' zhizni naseleniya regionov Rossii=Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2024;20(3):415–424.
https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_3_7_415_424 (In Russ.)

ABSTRACT

This article analyzes changes in the level of employment and time spent by Russians working in personal subsidiary plots and other individual farms, non-profit partnerships in 1994–2021. The analysis is based on data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey of the Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE). The object of the study is employment and duration of working hours in personal subsidiary pots and other individual farms, non-profit partnerships. The subject of the study is the dynamics of employment and duration of working hours in personal subsidiary plots. The main hypothesis of the study which was confirmed is that one of the results of economic transformations in the post-Soviet period was a reduction in the duration of working hours of city dwellers and villagers in personal subsidiary plots. The study revealed a significant reduction in the duration of working hours of the population on their land plots, which was accompanied by the erasure of gender differences. At the same time, in urban settlements, a clearly noticeable increase in the level of employment was noted, while in 
rural areas - a decrease. But despite the fact that the number of rural residents for whom a household plot is a forced choice due to the lack 
of an acceptable alternative has significantly decreased, for many rural residents the household plot continues to be an important means of 
self-sufficiency in agricultural products. Among men and women involved in subsidiary plot activities, a more than twofold reduction in the most active participants has been noted. Permanent paid employment reduces the time spent by both men and women from urban and rural families on work in household plots by a third. For many women, who spend three times more time on household chores than men, work in the subsidiary plot becomes a forced burdensome occupation.

KEYWORDS

time budget, household, income, employment, monitoring, subsidiary farming, social adaptation

AUTHORS BIOGRAFY

Polina M. Kozyreva – Doctor of Sociology, First Deputy Director, Institute of Sociology - Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and 
Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of the Center for Longitudinal Studies at the Institute for Social Policy, Higher 
School of Economics 

Alfiya E. Nizamova – PhD in Sociology, Senior Researcher, Institute of Sociology – Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied 
Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Aleksandr I. Smirnov – Doctor of Sociology, Leading Research Worker, Institute of Sociology - Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical 
and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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