Regional differentiation of expenditures on consumer goods and services in Poland in years 2002–2008 Cover Image

Regionalne zróżnicowanie wydatków na towary i usługi konsumpcyjne w Polsce w latach 2002–2008
Regional differentiation of expenditures on consumer goods and services in Poland in years 2002–2008

Author(s): Andrzej Bajdak
Subject(s): Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the analysis and the opinion of regional differences in level and the structure of expenditures on consumer goods and services of Polish households in years 2002–2008. The author was intended to draw attention to the relatively small differentiation of total expenditures but simultaneously on a different depending on categories of expenditures. The disturbing phenomenon is increasing of these differences, because it shows a regional growth of differences in a standard of living in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 45-57
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish