Reforming Financial Support in Widowhood: The Current System in Poland and Potential Reforms

We discuss the material conditions of widows and widowers compared to married couples in Poland, and analyse the degree to which the current support system to those in widowhood in Poland limits the extent of poverty among this large and growing share of the population. The analysis is set in the context of a proposed reform recently discussed in the Polish Parliament. We present the budgetary and distributional consequences of this proposal and offer an alternative scenario which limits the overall cost of the policy and directs additional resources to low income households.

This analysis is published as a FROGEE Policy Paper „Reforming Financial Support in Widowhood: The Current System in Poland and Potential Reforms”.

A brief summary is presented also in a FROGEE Policy Brief „Widowhood in Poland: Reforming the Financial Support System”.

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