Jan Hagemejer: The Retirement Age Must Adjust to Demographics

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18 Nov 2024

Jan Hagemejer

Jan Hagemejer

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Jan Hagemejer’s areas of expertise are international trade as well as macroeconomic and structural issues. He graduated from University of Warsaw where he also obtained his PhD and habilitation, as well as from Purdue University (MA in Economics). He works as an associate professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw. Prior to … <a href="https://case-research.eu/media_post/jan-hagemejer-the-retirement-age-must-adjust-to-demographics/">Continued</a>

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A decreasing number of people in the working-age population, increasing tax burdens, and an aging society – these are key challenges for the Polish pension system. According to Professor Jan Hagemejer, president of the CASE think tank and lecturer at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw, one solution could be linking the retirement age to life expectancy.

The expert points out that the current demographic situation leads to increasing burdens on the working population, which may result in the need to raise taxes or reduce benefits.

Since it's too late to increase birth rates, the retirement age should be the parameter of the system that responds to the growing imbalance.

Jan Hagemejer

President od CASE Management Board

He adds that although appropriate migration policies could help to some extent, their effectiveness in Poland is questionable. Therefore, reforms are needed to adjust the system to demographic realities, as has already been done in Estonia and Slovakia.

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