Consumer basket as the basis for the State guarantees of minimum monetary income of Russian citizens (Part 2)

Research Article
  • Vyacheslav N. Bobkov Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS; Scientific School «Theory and Technology of Management», Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation bobkovvn@mail.ru ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7364-5297
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    ResearchID U-6527-2019
  • Elena V. Odintsova Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation odin_ev@mail.ru ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7906-8520
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    ResearchID U-7061-2019
  • Aleftina A. Gulyugina Journal Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation algula@mail.ru ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5413-5272
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Acknowledgments
The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 19-110-50355
How to Cite
Bobkov V.N., Odintsova E.V., Gulyugina A.A. Consumer basket as the basis for the State guarantees of minimum monetary income of Russian citizens (Part 2). Population. 2020. Vol. 23. No. 4. P. 4-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/population.2020.23.4.1

Abstract

The article provides an overview of special sources, research results, ideas and discussions in the following areas related to formation of consumer basket (CB): 1) methods of forming consumer baskets in the Russian Federation and abroad, their advantages and disadvantages; 2) composition and standards of consumption of goods and services that may be recommended to meet the basic needs of population; 3) approaches to defining the relationship between the actual consumption of goods and services by low-income population and the composition and standards of consumption of food, non-food goods and services in CB; 4) minimum State guarantees, which should be related to the cost estimation of CB; 5) advantages and disadvantages of the current method of forming a living wage CB; 6) new research directions and proposals for changing the CB composition and regulatory framework, ways to determine their cost and impact on the level of satisfaction of the population's needs for food, non-food products and paid services, their comparison; 7) comparison of the CB cost, resulting from different approaches to its definition, the size of minimum State guarantees and actual monetary income: modal, median and per capita; 8) alternative approaches to setting the limits of monetary income for determining the State guarantees of minimum monetary income, advantages and disadvantages of their use in the Russian Federation. Conclusions and recommendations are proposed that could contribute to formation and introduction of a science-based CB in 2021 in order to improve the standards and quality of life of Russian citizens. The article consists of two parts. The First part of the article addresses the first two of these areas related to formation of CB.
Keywords:
consumer basket, foreign and Russian methods of forming consumer baskets, subsistence minimum, minimum consumer budget, socially acceptable consumer basket, absolute monetary poverty, relative monetary poverty, non-monetary poverty, multidimensional poverty, unconditional basic income, guarantees of minimum monetary income

Author Biographies

Vyacheslav N. Bobkov, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS; Scientific School «Theory and Technology of Management», Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation
Dr. Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Honored Science Worker of the Russian Federation, Head of laboratory, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS; Chief Research Worker, Scientific School «Theory and Technology of Management», Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Elena V. Odintsova, Institute of Socio-Economic Studies of Population of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation
Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Leading Researcher
Aleftina A. Gulyugina, Journal Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation
Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Deputy Editor-in-Chief

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Received: 04.06.2020

Accepted: 10.12.2020

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