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Table 4 Mandatory contributions in Poland before and after implementation of the new pension system

From: Political economy of pension reforms: selected general issues and the Polish pension reform case

 

Total

NDC individual account

FDC individual account

Other elements of the system

before 1-Jan-1999

    

Mandatory contribution

36.59a

--

--

36.59

since 1-Jan-1999

    

Mandatory old-age (OA) contribution [until April 2011]

19.52

12.22

7.3

--

Mandatory old-age (OA) contribution [since May 2011]

19.52

17.22b

2.3

--

Other mandatory social welfare (NOA) contributions

17.07

--

--

17.07

  1. a Equivalent of 45 per cent (after grossing-up of labour income).
  2. b In fact since 2011 participants have had two NDC accounts. Contribution (17.22) is split between them: 12.22 and 5.00 percentage points. Later in the text an additional explanation is provided.