{"id":14954,"date":"2017-10-10T03:40:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T01:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/publications\/is-poland-a-welfare-state\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T06:57:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T05:57:00","slug":"is-poland-a-welfare-state","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/en\/publications\/is-poland-a-welfare-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Poland a welfare state?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp; process&nbsp; of&nbsp; economic transformation&nbsp; in&nbsp; Poland&nbsp; was&nbsp; accompanied&nbsp; by&nbsp; a&nbsp; debate&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; state\u2019s&nbsp; role&nbsp; in the&nbsp; economy. In&nbsp; simple&nbsp; terms,&nbsp; this&nbsp; choice&nbsp; boils&nbsp; down&nbsp; to&nbsp; two&nbsp; options:&nbsp; adopting the (neo)liberal&nbsp; model,&nbsp; in&nbsp; which the&nbsp; state\u2019s&nbsp; responsibility for&nbsp; satisfying&nbsp; social&nbsp; needs is limited,&nbsp; or the welfare&nbsp; model,&nbsp; in&nbsp; which&nbsp; the&nbsp; state redistributes&nbsp; income&nbsp; and&nbsp; actively&nbsp; cares&nbsp; about&nbsp; the&nbsp; social&nbsp; security&nbsp; of&nbsp; its citizens. This&nbsp; article&nbsp; attempts to&nbsp; answer&nbsp; the question whether the term \u2018welfare state\u2019 could be applied to Poland (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IBS_Policy_Paper_02_-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IBS_Policy_Paper_02_-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IBS_Policy_Paper_02_-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IBS_Policy_Paper_02_-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IBS_Policy_Paper_02_.png 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","publications_category":[980,1001],"publications_types":[986],"publications_jel":[1775,1616,1757],"class_list":["post-14954","publications","type-publications","status-publish","hentry","publications_category-pensions","publications_category-public-finance","publications_types-policy-paper-en","publications_jel-h50-2","publications_jel-h53-2","publications_jel-h55-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Poland a welfare state? - IBS - Instytut Bada\u0144 Strukturalnych<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ibs.org.pl\/en\/publications\/is-poland-a-welfare-state\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Poland a welfare state? - IBS - Instytut Bada\u0144 Strukturalnych\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The&nbsp; process&nbsp; of&nbsp; economic transformation&nbsp; in&nbsp; Poland&nbsp; was&nbsp; accompanied&nbsp; by&nbsp; a&nbsp; debate&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; state\u2019s&nbsp; role&nbsp; in the&nbsp; economy. 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