Record Details

The Public Pension System in Romania: Myths and Facts

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title The Public Pension System in Romania: Myths and Facts
 
Creator PREDA, Marian; Professor, Department of Sociology,
Faculty of Sociology and Social Work,
University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
GRIGORAŞ, Vlad; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,
Faculty of Sociology and Social Work,
University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
 
Subject —
 
Description The article seeks to critically analyze and disprove, using solid statistical evidence, five myths that circulate in the Romanian public sphere about the state pension system. The argument shows that in Romania a large proportion of pensioners are actually fairly ‘young’. Their life expectancy is higher than some claim it is, and, on average, they are less poor than young people, children, and the average population, their pension reasonably replaces their salary income, and, despite its public support, the lower retirement age for women compared to that of men leads to disadvantages for the female pensioners. The article seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the pension system and its challenges, and to outline some implicit solutions for amending/supporting it by eliminating pressures (based on populism or ignorance) on the public pension system, in particular in the context of the current economic crisis and the pronounced aging of the population.
 
Publisher Babes Bolyai University
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2011-02-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/277
 
Source Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences; 2011: Issue No. 32 E/February; 235-251
1842-2845
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/277/270
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences