COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT OF OLDER GENERATION IN THE REGIONAL SOCIETY ON THE EXAMPLE OF LABOR ACTIVITY

Relevance. With age, a person has a growing deficit of socio-economic roles, the spectrum narrows when choosing worthy trajectories of socio-economic activity. In this regard, the study of various trajectories of involvement in the regional society becomes relevant. First of all, such trajectories are associated with labor activity, which is realized through the institutions of hired labor, entrepreneurship and work in the household. The goal of this study is a comprehensive analysis of the socio-economic activity of older citizens on the example of several trajectories of labor activity. This article is also intended to present the results of assessing the trajectories of labor activity for older people at different stages of their life trajectory. Methods: descriptive statistical analysis based on microdata from two longitudinal surveys: «Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey» of the Higher School of Economics; «Comprehensive Monitoring of Living Conditions of the Population», conducted by Rosstat. The analysis results are presented in the context of age groups (50–54, 55–59, 60–64, 65–69, 70–74, 75–80, 80+) along three trajectories: (1) employment for hire (full and part-time); (2) self-employment and entrepreneurship; (3) domestic work and personal subsidiary farming. Conclusions. The analysis showed a wide variety of trajectories for the involvement of citizens of different age groups (including those beyond the working age) in labor activity, which in general reflects their high adaptability to the socio-economic conditions of recent decades.