Precariousness in Russia: Attitudes, Work and Life Experience of Young Adults with Higher Education

Elena Gasiukova () and Sergey Korotaev ()
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Sergey Korotaev: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: The purpose of this article is to show how Russian workers with higher professional education who are in precarious employment and live in larger cities perceive the lack of stability in their employment, life, and their prospects, and what influences their decision-making with respect to career. Our analysis is based on evidence from 10 semi-structured in-depth interviews. The method of consensual qualitative research (CQR) is employed. The analysis reveals that standard employment does not seem to offer significant benefits to respondents, because it does not guarantee an adequate level of labor market, income and social security, while it imposes unnecessary obligations with respect to organisation and concomitant constraints. On the contrary, flexible employment allows them to choose the jobs and working conditions that correspond to their lifestyles. The respondents demonstrate high levels of responsibility for the life, as well as high level of risk tolerance. They resort to contingent professional tactics, and have a short-term vision of the future. At the same time, their position is unstable, financially vulnerable, and highly dependent on the amount of resources (mainly economic and social capitals) at their disposal

Keywords: unstable employment; employment trajectories; precariousness; non-standard employment; qualitative analysis; CQR method. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z1 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2017
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Published in WP BRP Series: Sociology / SOC, March 2017, pages 1-29

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