Shestakova N N, Djanelidze M G, Skvortsova M B
Institute for Regional Economic Studies Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Serpukhovskaya str., St. Petersburg 190013, Russian Federation, e-mail:
Adv Gerontol. 2022;35(6):948-956.
The article examines theoretical approaches to the development of a silver economy in the world and the practical value of promoting its model for the Russian Federation. Based on the consideration of various interpretations of this concept, the author's definition of the category «silver economy» is proposed with the allocation of two vectors of its development: economy - for the elderly and the elderly - for the economy. The purpose of the study was to assess the potential demand for silver economy products: in accordance with it, the paper presents the results of a specific sociological (expert) survey conducted by the authors in St. Petersburg. The conducted research allowed us to establish that the awareness of the involved expert community regarding the production of specialized goods for the elderly population in St. Petersburg is generally low; the range of specialized high-tech products for the elderly population is estimated as very poor, and the level of localization of the silver economy in terms of the production of goods in St. Petersburg is low.
本文探讨了全球银色经济发展的理论方法以及推广其模式对俄罗斯联邦的实际价值。基于对该概念各种解释的考量，提出了作者对“银色经济”范畴的定义，并指出其发展的两个方向：面向老年人的经济和老年人参与的经济。该研究的目的是评估银色经济产品的潜在需求：据此，本文展示了作者在圣彼得堡进行的一项具体社会学（专家）调查的结果。所开展的研究使我们确定，圣彼得堡相关专家群体对老年人口专用商品生产的认知普遍较低；老年人口专用高科技产品的种类被认为非常匮乏，且圣彼得堡在商品生产方面银色经济的本地化水平较低。
