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Introduction
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segmentinthepublicpensionsystemhasnotbeenfundedbytheaugmentationof
publicdebt,whatrequiredrelevantfinancialsurpluses.
Theseexperimentsindicatethatreformingpensionsystems,necessaryinthe
faceofdemographicchallenges,butalsotransformationsinthelabormarketand
thefinancialmarkets,requireaholisticandmulti-dimensionalapproach,while
asimplisticapproachexposingonlyoneitem(suchaseconomicefficiency)can
causeseriouserrors.
Similarchallengeslinkedtodemography,labormarketandtheimpactofgen-
eraleconomicconditionsdependentonvariousfactors(influencingtheirfinancial
stability)arefacedbyhealthcaresystems.Asarule,olderpeopleusethemmore
oftenthantheworkinggeneration,andchangesinintergenerationalrelationswill
alsointhisareacausebiggerandbiggertension.Inaddition,thecostofmedical
care,includingmedicaladvances,hasbeengrowingandithasbecomedifficultto
bear,evenincountriesfarmoreprosperousthanPoland.Withregardtopublic
healthcaresystemsaquestionrisesaboutthepermissiblescopeofintroducing
commercializationandi.e.differentiationofmedicalservicesofferrelatedtothe
paymentofadditionalcontributions.
Socialsecuritysystems,i.e.thesystemsofinstitutionalizedmaterialbenefits
aimedtoalleviatethenegativeconsequencesoftheimplementationofvarious
socialrisks(theriskofoldage,illness,dependencyinoldage,etc.)donotoperate
inavacuum.Theirabilitytoact,thelevelofbenefitsandsocialservicestheyare
abletoguarantee,dependlargelyonsocialandeconomicpoliciesofthestate,
whichusingavarietyofeconomicandnon-economicinstruments,maycausethe
operationofthesesystemstobemoreorlesseffective.
Thus,notonlydemographicprocessesandtechnologicalandcivilization
changesinfluencethefunctioningofsocialsecuritysystems,butalsotheabilityto
adaptpensionsystems,healthcaresystemsandsocio-economicpoliciestonew
challenges,anditshouldbecomeanareaofinterestofresearchersasitisanex-
tremelycomplex,butalsoaninterestingsocialissue.Thishasbeenreflectedinthe
presentpublication.
Themonographtitled“Socialsecuritysystemsagainstdemographicchallenges,
transformationsinthelaborandfinancialmarkets”containsacollectionofrelated
textspreparedbyscientistsfromhomeandabroadwhohaveconductedresearch
regardingvariousaspectsofsocialandeconomicpolicy.Thisallowsthepresenta-
tionofcomparativestudies’results,theconfrontationofsolutionsinsocialsecurity
systemsandrelatedpublicandprivateinstitutionsfromdifferentcountries.
Thebookisdividedintotwoparts:thefirstonerelatestopensionschemes,the
secondone–tohealthcaresystemandlinksbetweensocialsecuritysystemand
thelabormarket.
Weencourageyoutofruitfulreadingandreflection,andsendinganycomments
tothefollowingaddress:marek.szczepanski@put.poznan.pl.
MarekSzczepański,TomaszBrzęczek,MałgorzataGajowiak
