Features of the activities of self-employed citizens in the modern labor market

The scientific report presents the results of a sociological study carried out by the research center for socio-political monitoring of the School of public policy and management of the Institute of social Sciences of the RANEPA in 2019. The results of the study provide an assessment of the scale of Russian self-employment, including in the informal economy, and an analysis of the features of its functioning, including an analysis of the needs, interests, social assessments, value orientations, attitudes and behavior of the self-employed, which are in causal relationship with their economic and social situation. The results of the study are presented in comparison with the results of sociological surveys conducted by the Center in previous years using a comparable methodology. The main findings of the sociological study formed the basis of recommendations that allow public authorities to create favorable conditions for the development of self-employed in the official sector of the economy.