doi: 10.24151/2409-1073-2023-1-37-46

Abstract. Social and economic problems, such as unemployment, sectoral discrimination,
lack of integration of young people into economic and political processes at various levels, presence
of barriers hampering young people’s access to social elevators like education and employment,
are characterized as unfavorable conditions for the development of modern youth. Unemployment
and the “not in education, employment or training” phenomenon are viewed as the most
acute and urgent socio-economic problems. The authors consider social youth entrepreneurship
as one of the solutions to the problem of youth employment. They have also pointed out that social
entrepreneurship has a synergistic eff ect, having a positive impact on social and environmental
processes in local communities, providing young people with access to sources of income, education
and self-development, pointing out ways of social transformation, infl uencing both values and
institutions.

Keywords: youth entrepreneurship, unemployment, social development, innovation, ecology,
values

For citation: Dobrynina M. V., Andreeva A. A. “Youth Social Entrepreneurship as a Driver of
Economic and Social Progress of Modern Society”. Economic and Social Research 1 (37) (2023):
37—46. (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24151/2409-1073-2023-1-37-46

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