Consumer Basket as a Factor of the Socio-Economic Mechanism for Forming State Social Policy
L. B. Kostrovets, Ye. I. Fomenko
Donetsk Academy of Management and Public Administration under the Head of Donetsk People’s Republic
Annotation: The article discusses the theoretical aspects of the formation of the consumer basket. Existing approaches to the interpretation of this term are studied. The legal acts of the Donetsk People’s Republic, which regulate the composition of the consumer basket, as well as the minimum level of wages and social benefits, are analyzed. Data on the structure and value of the consumer basket in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the ratio of the sizes of the minimum payments to the population and the living wage, mortality rate and the dynamics of the present population of the Donetsk People’s Republic for 2017–2020 are graphically presented. The analysis of the quantitative and qualitative composition of the consumer basket in the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as its structural elements. Some problems in the formation of the consumer basket are identified and ways to solve them are proposed. The process of improving the composition and calculation of the consumer basket in the Donetsk People’s Republic in order to improve the level and quality of life of the population is presented.
Keywords: consumer basket, standard and quality of life of the population, minimum wage, social benefits.
Pages: 13-22.
Link for citation: Kostrovets, L. B.; Fomenko, Ye. I. Consumer Basket as a Factor of the Socio-Economic Mechanism for Forming State Social Policy. – Text : electronic. – In: Economics of Civil Engineering and Municipal Economy. – 2020. – Vol. 16, N 1. – Р. 13-22. – URL: https://donnasa.ru/publish_house/journals/esgh/2020-1/02_kostrovets_fomenko.pdf (date of access: 01.09.2024). (in Russian)
Vol. 16, N 1 (2020)Journal: Economics of Civil Engineering and Municipal Economy
Publish house: Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture