Professional deactivation in Poland

In: Wiadomości statystyczne / Glówny Urza̜d Statystyczny, Polskie Towarzystwo Statystyczne: czasopismo Głównego Urze̜du Statystycznego i Polskiego Towarzystwa = ˜Theœ Polish statistician, Band 60, Heft 4, S. 28-41

Abstract

A longer working life is one of the major objectives pursued by social policy developed in Poland and other European countries. A considerable, even though decreasing, proportion of older adults takes advantage of early retirement or special solutions that allow them to retire much earlier than the mandatory retirement age. As a result, every third Pole aged 45–69 years is retired. The purpose of the article is to analyse the scale and extent of economic inactivity among men and women aged 45–69 years and its determinants. The article is mainly based on the results of a Poland-wide study the "Diagnosis of Current Situation of Women and Men Aged 50+ on the Labour Market in Poland" financed from the Operational Programme Human Capital.