Context of Income Stratification of the Population in the Slovak Republic Cover Image

Súvislosti príjmovej stratifikácie populácie Slovenskej republiky
Context of Income Stratification of the Population in the Slovak Republic

Author(s): Dávid Martinák, Iveta Pauhófová
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Ekonomický ústav SAV a Prognostický ústav SAV
Keywords: income stratification; space for consumption; propensity to save; macroeconomic framework for income formation; regional differences in income stratification; poverty; crisis

Summary/Abstract: The paper explores changes in income stratification of Slovak population for determination of the possibility of space “maneuver” for consumption. We analyse the results of the pre-crisis and crisis period. We focus on the macroeconomic framework of the income formation and the space for household consumption and propensity to save. The paper primarily examines the regional dimension of income stratification and focuses on the worst regions and of the availability of incomes in these regions. Differences in income stratification of residents in urban and rural areas and also some differences in the distribution of income between genders are examined. Partial attention is directed to the area of income stratification “silver population” (aging, older and oldest people) because of anticipation of their growing influence in the consumer market of the EU. Analysis uses data based on national accounts data from the Slovak Statistical Office, Eurostat data and administrative data on individual income from Social Insurance Agency in Slovakia.

  • Issue Year: 62/2014
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 842-860
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Slovak