There is no one definition of the term “self-employment”, but, in general, this phenomenon can be defined as an employment, in which individuals independently carry out activities to sell products of personal subsidiary farming and provide services to other individuals with the purpose of systematic profit making. The term “self-employment” in Kazakhstan first appeared in Soviet times – in the era of perestroika, when the USSR began to radically reform its planned economy.
Dr. Zhandos Ranov graduated from the Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University. In 2008, he received his master’s degree at the Department of Economics of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University. He then worked as a lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Auditing at the same university. In 2017, he completed his PhD study in Gazi University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Finance, his