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Former Soviet Union middle class: how entrepreneurs are shaping a new stratum and pattern of socio-economic behavior

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  • Elmira Otar

    (L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University)

  • Rinat Salikzhanov

    (L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University)

  • Aigul Akhmetova

    (L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University)

  • Assel Issakhanova

    (Astana IT University)

  • Kuralay Mukhambetova

    (L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to create a representative socio-economic profile of entrepreneurs operating in the former Soviet Union (FSU) states as a pillar of the new middle-class stratum. This study explored middle-class entrepreneurship from multiple perspectives, encompassing statistical analysis of microdata about households and firms. The aim was to gauge entrepreneurship within a national framework and examine its associations with social and economic factors. The study adopted the Doing Business tool as a novel paradigm to establish a quantitative correlation between the economic system in the post-Soviet space and the investigated variables. The analysis revealed that prospective entrepreneurs are members of the younger generation between the ages of 25 and 34; a critical factor in the development of entrepreneurship is highly educated human capital; and typical representatives of entrepreneurship intending to operate in the FSU states establish their own business as a means of subsistence, not as a means of advancement in the social stratum. In general, an entrepreneur of the middle class in the new economies of the post-Soviet space does not demonstrate a high level of entrepreneurial activity and, as a pillar of the middle-class stratum, is in the formation stage.

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  • Elmira Otar & Rinat Salikzhanov & Aigul Akhmetova & Assel Issakhanova & Kuralay Mukhambetova, 2024. "Former Soviet Union middle class: how entrepreneurs are shaping a new stratum and pattern of socio-economic behavior," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joiaen:v:13:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1186_s13731-023-00356-2
    DOI: 10.1186/s13731-023-00356-2
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