TENDENCIE SPOTREBITEĽSKÉHO SPRÁVANIA A SPOTREBY V DOMÁCNOSTIACH DÔCHODCOV NA SLOVENSKU

• Authors: Lesáková Dagmar

Title variants

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Trends in consumer behaviour and individual consumption in pensioner´s households in Slovakia

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The development of consumption expenditures of pensioners is an important issue that has many serious economic and social consequences. The paper is focused on the research in pensioner´s households, particularly on the assessment of individual consumption development and changes in consumption pattern. The analysis of consumption expenditures is based on the data provided by Slovak Statistics Office Household Budget Survey for the period 2007 – 2012. During the reporting period there was a slight decrease in the proportion of expenditures for basic goods and services (food with beverages and housing, electricity and gas) in households of pensioners, even though the absolute value is growing. We come to the conclusion that the main changes in pensioner´s consumption are caused primary by the income and secondary by aging signs. The paper indicates also the differences in consumption structure between the group of pensioners and employees. Finally, reasons behind the actual individual spending of pensioners are presented.

Keywords

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PENSIONER; HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION; CONSUMER SPENDING; EXPENDITURES; CONSUMER PRICES; AGE SEGMENTS; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 62
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 823 – 841

Contributors

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Lesáková Dagmar

• Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave, Obchodná fakulta, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava 5, Slovak Republic