Old age pensions lower than the minimum pension in Poland – whose problem is it and what are the potential solutions?

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dc.contributor.authorDrygas, Piotr
dc.contributor.organizationDoctoral School of Social Sciences, Warsaw University
dc.contributor.organizationInstitute of Philosophy and Sociology Comparative Analyses of Social Inequality, Polish Academy of Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-18T12:10:04Z
dc.date.available2026-06-18T12:10:04Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.submitted2026-06-17T10:59:05Zen
dc.description.abstract‘Paltry pensions’ (emerytury groszowe) are old age pensions that are lower than the statutory minimum pension. This type of retirement benefit is a relatively new phenomenon in the Polish social security system. As many as 400,000 people received ‘paltry pensions’ in 2023, with an upward trend forecast for the years ahead. The reform of the Polish pension system of 1999 generated circumstances conducive to the emergence of ‘paltry pensions’ as a side effect of the implementation of the defined contribution principle. The article seeks to explore the perspectives of diverse stakeholders regarding the causes, consequences, and the policy relevance of this phenomenon. It also includes an analysis of their opinions on social justice principles in the context of pension systems. For this purpose, the article uses fifteen qualitative interviews with experts who represent various stakeholders of the universal pension system in Poland. The result is the mapping of the differences and similarities in the positions of stakeholders with diverse interests and political influence and an overview of these stakeholders’ approaches to the future of pension policy in Poland.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis article was produced as part of a project funded by a grant from the National Science Centre, Poland (project no. 2021/41/B/HS6/04416)
dc.identifier.citationDrygas P., 2025, Old age pensions lower than the minimum pension in Poland – whose problem is it and what are the potential solutions?, "Problemy Polityki Społecznej. Social Policy Issues", 69(2): 1–26. https://doi.org/10.31971/pps/205802
dc.identifier.doi10.31971/pps/205802
dc.identifier.issn1640-1808
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.icm.edu.pl/handle/123456789/26842
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.relation.ispartofseries69; 2
dc.rightsUznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodoween
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceProblemy Polityki Społecznej. Social Policy Issues
dc.subjectPolish Social Insurance Institutionen
dc.subjectpension policyen
dc.subjectpaltry pensionen
dc.subjectpension povertyen
dc.titleOld age pensions lower than the minimum pension in Poland – whose problem is it and what are the potential solutions?en
dc.typearticle
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
person.identifier.orcidDrygas, Piotr [0000-0001-5955-6562]
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