Marek Okólski (ed./s). 2018.

The Challenges of an Aging Society: Poland Today and Tomorrow

Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa, s. 428

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The authors present the challenges facing Polish society resulting from the aging of the population. They explore the experiences of other societies and apply these experiences to the specific demographic conditions as well as socio-economic and political determinants of contemporary Poland.

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society, population, aging, demographic policy, seniors, pension system, demographic transition, migration, reproduction, fertility

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