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Christmas Allowance as a Non-System Tool for Sustainability of Quality of Life of Slovak Seniors
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Abstract Creating conditions for a sustainable level of quality of life for older people is considered the dominant priority when setting up the pension system with an emphasis on the income situation of Slovak seniors for old-age pensions. An old-age pension as a systemic benefit is an important element in ... view more
Creating conditions for a sustainable level of quality of life for older people is considered the dominant priority when setting up the pension system with an emphasis on the income situation of Slovak seniors for old-age pensions. An old-age pension as a systemic benefit is an important element in maintaining the quality of life of older people. The amount of old-age pensions is currently at the center of discussions between institutions and the Government of the Slovak Republic. A major social but also economic problem in the coming decade will be how to maintain the income of older people, pensioners, needed to ensure their sustainable quality of life. In particular, it is necessary to ensure that pensioners receive sufficient income so that they do not become a population at risk of poverty as the groups at risk of poverty or social exclusion also includes people over the age of 65. The paper focuses on the analysis of the socio-economic situation of Slovak pensioners in the Slovak Republic in connection with material deprivation. At the same time we analyze the Christmas contribution as a non-systemic benefit which, on the one hand, has a positive social impact on the recipients of pension benefits who are entitled to the Christmas benefit but, on the other hand, has a negative impact on the general government budget.... view less
Keywords
Slovakia; quality of life; sustainability; poverty; solidarity; welfare state; pension; income situation; socioeconomic factors
Classification
Gerontology
Social Security
Free Keywords
EU-SILC; Weihnachtsgeld
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 1-14
Journal
Sustainability, 12 (2020) 9
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093810
ISSN
2071-1050
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed