The Pension System in Slovenia in Light of Current International Macroeconomic Changes and Trends

• Authors: Primož Dolenc
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents the results of a study that sheds light on the pension system and its dilemmas in Slovenia in light of current international macroeconomic changes and trends. We found that Slovenia has a pension system similar to that of other comparable economies (with the exception of the second pillar) and that it currently faces similar dilemmas as other economies that are resulting in inevitable reforms of the pension system. On the basis of international comparison and current demographic trends in Slovenia we proposed some policy recommendations for future reforms of the pension system in Slovenia.

Keywords

EN

pension systems; reforms; demographic changes

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: South East European Journal of Economics and Business
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 13-21

Dates

published

2011-04-01

online

2011-06-03

Contributors

author

Primož Dolenc

• Faculty of Management Koper, University of Primorska

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10033-011-0002-2