Regional aspect of gender-specific economic activity in agricultural sector

Yuliya Chestyunina,Irina Trushina,Elena Kuba,V Kankhva

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202125807045

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the gender characteristics and structure of men’s and women’s economic activity. By taking the social and psychological differences between women and men into consideration, regional and state programs designed to promote sustainable development can be implemented more effectively. We conducted a study among young people in order to assess their economic activity and to identify the structure of economic activity (n=192). The questionnaire of economic activity (Zabelina E.V., Chestyunina Y.V.) was employed for the study. As a result, we found that the economic activity of young people has a gender-specific structure. Men have greater economic ambitions, they seek economic independence, dominance, and profit from economic activity. Women have a more distinct behavioral component – the desire to be active in daily activities. Women are as much interested in economic success as men, but not in being dominant, yet they want to have a financial “safety cushion”.

Highlights

The recent transformations of both the Russian and global economies have led to major changes in the field of employment
During the first stage of the study, we examined the economic activity of young women and men
Men's economic activity has the following gender-specific features: it consists of economic independence, high economic ambitions, economic domination aimed at receiving dividends

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Introduction

The recent transformations of both the Russian and global economies have led to major changes in the field of employment. The most important of them was the change in the number of employed people and the level of employment. These processes were not gender-neutral, which is reflected in the level and scale of the decrease in the number of employed women and their inefficient involvement in the labor market [1]. The term "economic activity" is understood both in economics and sociology as an indicator of the ratio of employed and unemployed people of working age in different segments of the population, which characterizes the involvement of a person in the labor market [5,6,7,8]. Analysis of the impact of gender on employment in the Chelyabinsk region as of 2010 revealed that employment among men (74.1%) is higher as compared to women (64.7%) [11]

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