Open AccessMONETARY INCOMES OF THE POPULATION AS AN INDICATOR OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE REGION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF ASTRAKHAN REGION)
Author(s) -
Svetlaikolaevna Konnova,
Ekaterina Olegovna Cheremnyh,
Ekaterina Kargapolova,
Irina Potapova
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vestnik astrahanskogo gosudarstvennogo tehničeskogo universiteta. seriâ: èkonomika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9798
pISSN - 2073-5537
DOI - 10.24143/2073-5537-2017-2-37-49
Subject(s) - welfare , population , standard of living , cash , economics , quality (philosophy) , demographic economics , labour economics , finance , market economy , demography , philosophy , epistemology , sociology
The article touches upon the income of the population as an indicator of welfare and living standard of the people in the Astrakhan region. According to such indicators as real cash incomes, real accrued wages and the actual size of pensions, there has been drawn a conclusion about welfare of residents of Astrakhan. The article has identified a trend towards decreasing income growth of the population. It has been stated in the article that about one third of the population of the Astrakhan region need additional income to satisfy long-term requirements, and only five percent of the population don't restrain their spending capacity.