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Poland: Are Flexible Labour Markets Ready for Individualized Pensions?

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During the past two decades, the Polish pension system and labour market has experienced dramatic transformations. Although the dynamics of change varied substantially, three periods marked these transformations: first, the growing inadequacy of benefits before the collapse of socialism; second, the unconsolidated state of affairs during the early 1990s; and third, a definitive break with the past ten years in a transition to democracy and capitalism.

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  1. University of Bremen, Germany

    Karl Hinrichs

  2. University of Milan, Italy

    Matteo Jessoula

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Guardiancich, I. (2012). Poland: Are Flexible Labour Markets Ready for Individualized Pensions?. In: Hinrichs, K., Jessoula, M. (eds) Labour Market Flexibility and Pension Reforms. Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307605_4

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