The significance of student’s spending in family’s income

Abstract

Albania is a developing country, which previous political 
system often denied education for part of its population. 
Therefore with the adaption of capitalist system, education 
was free for all so that everyone could pursue their own 
dream in the academicals field. As a consequence we 
notice that people are more attracted by education, families 
usually give up from their incomes and savings in order to 
invest in their children’s education. However, students 
seem to have forgotten the sacrifice of their own families 
and as a result they often get surprised by the ugly truth 
they face. This kind of reality is at the same time interesting 
to study and difficult to accept. That was the situation we 
dealt with in the University of Tirana.  
We have taken in consideration Bachelor’s students, which 
have been interviewed personally. Their individual answers 
have been collected to form the database on which we 
have based our analysis. Through empirical and 
econometrical methods we will try to explain the weight of 
income that the student receives from the family in the 
family’s income and the weight of entertainment spending 
in families’ income. Our research aims not only explaining 
the phenomenon in the economical aspect but also in the 
social one.We hope this research to be a sign of reflection 
for all of us in order to understand ourselves and our future 
aims better.