THE INFLUENCE OF ACCUMULATIVE PENSION PROGRAMMES ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FUNCTIONING OF NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEMS OF THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND UKRAINE

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Published: Mar 29, 2021

  Svitlana Burdeniuk

Abstract

The aim of the scientific article is to study the peculiarities of the operation of funded pension systems in Eastern Europe, determine their advantages, disadvantages, the impact of various factors on their efficiency, assess the role of funded pension insurance in them and to justify their positive experience in pension reform оf Ukraine. Research methods. When writing a scientific article, appropriate research methods were used: balance, monograph methods, the method of statistical grouping and tables, methods of analysis using generalizing indicators: absolute and relative, averages and time series data. Research methodology. The assessment of the level of social standards of pension systems in Eastern Europe and Ukraine was carried out by comparing the level of pensions, wages, replacement rate. The demographic situation was characterized by the use of forecast calculations of international financial organizations. The information and methodological base of the research was the materials of international financial organizations, which characterize the development of funded pension systems in Eastern Europe, forecast calculations in the demographic sphere, special economic literature, scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists on the study of funded pension insurance. Results. The scientific article considers the issues of reforming the national pension systems of Eastern Europe in modern conditions, the peculiarities of their development taking into account the manifestation of demographic factors, focuses on the functioning of multilevel pension models, defines the role of funded pension programmes in pension income. It is noted that modern approaches to the formation of national pension systems are based on the use of pension insurance principles. An assessment of the level of social standards in Eastern Europe is made and a comparative analysis of them with the relevant indicators in Ukraine is given, the features of the use of funded pension programmes at the present stage of reforming the pension systems of Eastern Europe are identified. The necessity and preconditions of introduction of obligatory accumulative pension insurance in Ukraine at the present stage of reforming its national pension system are substantiated, it is noted that practical use of accumulative pension programmes will gradually lead to increase of social protection level of people of retirement age, increasing investment in the national economy.

How to Cite

Burdeniuk, S. (2021). THE INFLUENCE OF ACCUMULATIVE PENSION PROGRAMMES ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE FUNCTIONING OF NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEMS OF THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND UKRAINE. Green, Blue and Digital Economy Journal, 2(1), 24-30. https://doi.org/10.30525/2661-5169/2021-1-4
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Keywords

accumulative pension insurance, replacement coefficient, national pension system, accumulative pension programmes, minimum pension, social standards, criteria of efficiency of pension systems functioning

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