Wpływ zmian demograficznych na ekonomiczne zabezpieczenie starości społeczeństwa w Polsce
The influence of demographic changes on the economic safety of the old age of society in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss the economic consequences brought about by the ageing of the Polish society. The article emphasises the negative effects of ageing which translates into growing public expenditure. The population ageing is exemplified by the dynamic age-related changes of the social structure, and in particular by the growing numbers of the retirement age cohort. The present situation affects the stability of the public finances as it necessitates an increase in the public expenditure on social security and health care. The article also explains the positive aspects of population ageing for the Polish economy, which acts as an impulse for the growth of the new segments of goods and services market linked to the growing consumption by the elderly population. New challenges and opportunities are created by the so-called “silver economy”.

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