Development of Self-Employment in the Context of Digital Economy

Svetlana Zhura*, Lidiya Ilyina, Kristina Polozova and Anatoly Yezhov
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Svetlana Zhura*: Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Northern Dvina Emb., 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
Lidiya Ilyina: Institute of Management, Uritskogo Str., 43, Arkhangelsk, 163060, Russia
Kristina Polozova: Institute of Management (Ivanovo Branch), Tashkentskaya Str., 90-A, Ivanovo, 153032, Russia
Anatoly Yezhov: Institute of Management, Uritskogo Str., 43, Arkhangelsk, 163060, Russia

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2018, 423-428 Special Issue: 3

Abstract: Over the recent years one can see the growth of self-employed people. This process is caused by the development of information infrastructure. The further growth of self-employed people can be expected because countries have entered a new type of digital economy which is based on Internet technologies and high levels of people’s skills and competences. At the same time, the Russian economy is characterized by a rather large informal sector, that demands to take measures to legalize the activity of self-employed people and to bring them out of the shade. The authors’ research is aimed at studying the notion of self-employment and the criteria defining self-employed people. The authors reveal the forms, causes and factors for development of self-employment in the context of digital economy. Distinctive features that make it possible to separate the traditional forms of self-employment from new ones are determined. This study will help to establish measures to legalize self-employment in Russia that would in turn strengthen entrepreneurship in future.

Keywords: Self-employment; Criteria defining self-employment; Self-employment forms; Causes and factors of selfemployment development; Digital economy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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