Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Tatiana Tikhonova Author-Name-First: Tatiana Author-Name-Last: Tikhonova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Olga Shik Author-Name-First: Olga Author-Name-Last: Shik Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Alternative Employment in Rural Area in Russia Abstract: This work is about the role of municipalities in the development of alternative employment of the rural population. This issue was studied on the basis of international experience regarding alternative employment as well as sumple surveys of households in Perm Krai and Ivanovo and Kostroma oblasts. Research findings conclude that non agricultural activity in rural area is underdeveloped and regional and municipal assistance to alternative employment in rural area is inefficient so far. Classification-JEL: Q1, J3, J6 Keywords: Alternative Employment Year: 2008 Issue: 114P Pages: 224 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/rpaper/112Tikhonova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2013 Handle: RePEc:gai:rpaper:112 Language:ru