Supplementary old-age pension security – basic characteristics and main factors of its growth Cover Image

Dodatkowe zabezpieczenie emerytalne – charakterystyka i czynniki rozwoju
Supplementary old-age pension security – basic characteristics and main factors of its growth

Author(s): Joanna Rutecka-Góra
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: old-age pension system; occupational pension plans; individual pension plans; tax incentives

Summary/Abstract: Demographic trends cause changes in many old-age pension systems all over the world. Public pension plans are being significantly transformed and reduced giving field to the development of supplementary old-age pension programs. These additional plans can operate as occupational or individual ones and use different benefit formulas. The coverage of supplementary pension system varies among countries and depends on many factors. The main ones are: level of benefits from mandatory old-age pension system, wealth of the society, savings behavior and financial literacy, tax incentives, employers’ participation and development of financial markets. The article presents the main features of supplementary pensions all over the world and analyses the development of supplementary pensions in selected countries.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 342
  • Page Range: 256-266
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish