Old-age Pension Systems' Reforms in Germany, Greece and France - a Social Citizenship Perspective

• Autorzy: Michał Polakowski

Warianty tytułu

Reformy systemów emerytalnych w Niemczech, Grecji i Francji - perspektywa obywatelstwa socjalnego

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

European old-age pension systems face multiple challenges. On the one hand, governments are concerned with the fiscal effects of ageing societies. On the other hand, there is a social pressure on maintaining standards of living during the retirement. Such tension is one of the most significant socio-economic conflicts in modern politics. During last 25 years, policy makers tried to answer these challenges by pension reforms. In general, a trend towards reducing social rights can be distinguished, which is to a significantly smaller extent accompanied by improvement of coverage and benefit levels for some groups. This research analyses old-age pension reform trajectories in three European countries: Greece, France and Germany. It focuses on the generosity of pension benefits, access to pensions, and anti-poverty function of the pension systems. The paper assesses, whether over a period 1990-2015, a convergence took place between the countries and if yes, what was its direction.(original abstract)

Europejskie systemy emerytalne mierzą się z wieloma wyzwaniami. Z jednej strony, rządy obawiają się skutków fiskalnych starzenia się społeczeństw. Z drugiej strony, obecna jest społeczna presja na utrzymanie standardu życia podczas pobierania emerytury. Powyższy spór stanowi jeden z najważniejszych społeczno-ekonomicznych konfliktów współczesnej polityki. W ciągu ostatnich 25 lat politycy próbowali odpowiedzieć na te wyzwania za pomocą wielu reform emerytalnych. Ogólny trend to redukcja praw socjalnych a w znacznie mniejszym stopniu poprawa zakresu podmiotowego I poziomu I świadczeń dla pewnych grup. Niniejszy artykuł analizuje reformy systemów emerytalnych w trzech państwach europejskich: Grecji, Francji i Niemczech. Autor skupia się na hojności systemów emerytalnych, dostępie do świadczeń i ich funkcji przeciwdziałania ubóstwu. W artykule dokonano oceny, czy w okresie 1990-2015 zauważyć można konwergencję pomiędzy krajami, a jeśli tak, to w jakim kierunku.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Pension system reform; Pensions; Convergence

PL

Reforma systemu emerytalnego; Emerytury; Konwergencja

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Rocznik: 2018
• Numer: nr 510 Social Policy: Controversies and Paradoxes
• Strony: 165--180

Twórcy

autor

Michał Polakowski

• Poznań University of Economics and Business

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DOI

10.15611/pn.2018.510.13