| Summary: | This paper broadly analyzes the nature of the impact of family types on the
(regional) economic development. Results of the research of these issue at
the level of regions in Europe have pointed to the relevance of the „family
perspective” for the study of differential economic development, which opens
the way for consideration of this issue at the level of regions in Serbia. In
order to test the impact of family types on regional economic development in
Serbia we have collected and analyzed data on average household size, family
composition of households, types of families, the average number of household
members, educational attainment measured by the proportion of the population
with basic and higher education, the overall share of employees in the
workforce, data on employment of women, as well as data on gross domestic
product. The above demographic and socio-economic data are collected based on
data from the 2011. census, and are represented at the level of four regions
of Serbia (Belgrade region, the region of Vojvodina, Šumadija and Western
Serbia, the region of Eastern and Southern Serbia). The research was largely
done based on theoretical and methodological foundation used to investigate
the impact of family types on regional socio-economic development of Europe,
with extensive use of Emmanuel Todd descriptions of family types. The results
suggest that although many factors exogenous to family structure seem likely
to cause major economic changes, family structure itself may be a key
determinant in adapting such changes.
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