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The Pension Provison Scheme For Professional Soldiers In Poland: The Background, Efficiency And Prospects

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  • Waclaw Jarmolowicz

    (Institute of Finances, the Higher School of Banking in Poznan)

  • Tomasz Sikora

    (European Higher School of Business in Poznan)

Abstract

Our objective has been to review, analyze and evaluate the pension scheme for professional soldiers and their family members in Poland, including the current legal regulations governing this area. The unique legal status of the armed forces in Poland has always been associated with the commonly held belief that professional soldiers and their families enjoy a special, privileged position in terms of social security compared with other occupational groups. However, the unique and more advantageous conditions for the acquisition of health or old-age pension rights drawn up specifically for the armed forces can be seen as compensation for the high psychophysical and intellectual expectations that professional soldiers must satisfy. These expectationsincluderequirementssuchasconstantworkavailability,willingnesstoriskone’slifeandhealth and, in general, a higher degree of work stress among professional servicemen than among other groups of employees.

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  • Waclaw Jarmolowicz & Tomasz Sikora, 2016. "The Pension Provison Scheme For Professional Soldiers In Poland: The Background, Efficiency And Prospects," OLSZTYN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 11(1), pages 17-28, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:ole:journl:v:11:y:2016:i:1:p:17-28
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    Keywords

    professional soldier; pension provision scheme for the armed forces; retired soldiers;
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    JEL classification:

    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
    • J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General

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