THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND ARRANGEMENTS OF THE PENSION REFORM IN POLAND

• Authors: Zabkowicz A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The paper aims at featuring the pension reform of 1999 apart of common beliefs and common wisdom. The analysis guided by the fundamental social problems in Poland leads to a rather pessimistic conclusion. The arrangements of the pension reform introduced after 1998 do not contribute to social security neither protect all members of the system against poverty. The World Bank-recommended arrangement, popularly called 'the second pillar', is of no help to any social question. Instead, providing funds to the financial sector seems to be a priority of the reform. Reorganization of the pension system in Poland has been inspired by development of banking and securities trading considered as a stimulus to economic growth. Then the basic motive was of economic rather than of social nature.

Keywords

EN

FINANCIAL SECTOR; PENSION REFORM (POLAND); SOCIAL SECURITY; WORLD BANK

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Economic Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Ekonomiczne (Economic Studies)
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 4(51)
• Pages: 289-302
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zabkowicz A.

• A. Zabkowicz, Instytut Nauk Ekonomicznych PAN, Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02064395