THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS AMONG REGIONS OF POLAND – COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Abstract

The paper presents description and comparison of old-age pensions, disability pensions in case of inability to work and survivor’s pensions for agricultural and employees’ social insurance systems. Research was conducted among regions of Poland in 2008. In the study data of the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund and the Social Insurance Institution, as well as sources of widely available domestic statistics were used. The study employed basic measures of descriptive statistics. In the agricultural social security system there is a serious imbalance of the relationship between the insured and the beneficiaries. This situation indicates the need to subsidize the system in the future. The agricultural pensions are paid at the lowest amount in a substantial part of provinces. Average monthly pensions paid by ASIF in 2008 was almost a half lower than the employee pension. All pensions, both for employee’s and farmer’s, were lower than the average wage in provinces.