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Ryzyko starości jako element konstruowania systemów emerytalnych w Unii Europejskiej
The risk of old age as the component of constructing the pension systems in the European Union

Author(s): Roman Garbiec
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: social risk; old age; system of national insurance schemes; pension system; construction of the pension system

Summary/Abstract: The paper consists of an introduction, two chapters and conclusions. Social risks assured in the frames of the systems of national insurance schemes are characterized in the introduction. The age as the basic determinant of pension systems construction in the European Union countries is presented in the first chapter. The second chapter contains the profile of construction of pension systems in Europe. Conclusions from the present report are at the end of the paper.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 228
  • Page Range: 135-145
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish