Analýza vývoje struktury spotřeby českých domácností

Abstract

This diploma thesis deals with the development of the structure of consumption of Czech households since the Velvet Revolution. The aim of the thesis is to prove the validity of Engel's consumption spending laws in the conditions of the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution, which says that the share of their expenditures on the necessary goods decreases with the growing income of the household. This was achieved through a descriptive analysis of the data on expenditure and expenditure structure of Czech households, obtained from the database of the Czech Statistical Office as part of the annual statistical survey of household budgets. The analyzes were subjected to the total expenditures of the average Czech household and the shares of these expenditures on the total expenditures on final consumption, broken down by COICOP. From the results of the descriptive analysis and the selected regression model, the validity of the Engel expenditure curve in the conditions of the Czech Republic was not confirmed. The share of expenditures on necessary goods with increasing income of households decreases only slightly and irregularly, but the structure of the share of individual items of indispensable goods changes. The share of expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverages and the share of transport expenditure with the growing income of households is decreasing, the share of housing and health expenditure on the other hand is increasing. In the Czech Republic, therefore, Engel's expenditure laws do not apply, but the structure of the share of expenditure on individual items of essential goods and services changes.