Characteristics of Financial Behavior of Households with Different Income Levels and the Possibility of Reducing Inequality Using Fiscal Policy
A general assessment of the level and dynamics of income inequality in Russia is given based on various indicators. The level of income, expenditure, savings and loans of households in the context of decile groups by income in 2003 - 2018 is analyzed (according to the Rosstat Sample Survey of Household Budgets (OBDH). Conclusions are made about the nature of differentiation of income, expenses and financial behavior by decile groups. The most significant differences concerns characteristics of the 10-decile group with the highest incomes, which, in turn, is very heterogeneous in composition. Differentiation within group 10 is studied in more detail by calculating the values of the considered indicators by percentiles.