Age as demographic determinant of household consumption in Serbia

Предмет истраживања јесте потрошња домаћинстава на чији ниво и структуру, између осталог, утичу старост носиоца домаћинства и демографске карактеристике чланова домаћинства. Опште прихваћен начин увођења старости у разматрање потрошње домаћинстава јесте преко старости носиоца домаћинства, који се иначе користи у економетријским истраживањима потрошње становништва. Са друге стране, циљ овог истраживања је да на примеру домаћинстава у Србији утврди утицај старости као демографске одреднице на структуру личне потрошње, као и да објасни смер и интензитет утицаја посматраних демографских карактеристика домаћинстава. Промене у демографским структурама неминовно воде и до промена у структури личне потрошње. Отуда би објашњење утицаја старосне структуре на структуру личне потрошње водило потпунијем разумевању промена у обиму и структури личне потрошње...The main objective of this research is identification and explanation of changes in the structure of private consumption as a function of the age of an individual. However, it is not possible to isolate and measure the consumption of individual which is being realized within the household. Yet, it is possible to make a compromise and instead of an individual, as an observation unit to take the household. The reason why in this type of research individual can not be the subject of research, lies in the definition of the household. Generally accepted way of introducing age into household consumption research is through the age of the household head, which is used in econometric studies of household consumption. On the other hand, the aim of this study is to, in the case of households in Serbia, determine the influence of age as the demographic characteristics of the structure of private consumption, as well as to explain the direction and intensity of the impact of the observed demographic characteristics of households. Changes in the demographic structure will inevitably lead to changes in the structure of private consumption. Hence, the explanation of the impact of the population age structure on the structure of private consumption would led to a more complete understanding of changes in the scope and structure of household consumption..