Dorota Wyszkowska：2020波兰长寿经济报告（英文版）（18页）.pdf

1、Wiadomoci Statystyczne.The Polish Statistician,2020,vol.65,5,926 DOI:10.5604/01.3001.0014.1330 Statystyka w praktyce/Statistics in practice Senior economy in Poland Dorota Wyszkowskaa Abstract.Since the early 1990s,noticeable demographic changes in Poland and throughout Europe have been observed.One

2、 of the most important of these is the continuous process of ageing of populations.The transformation of the age structure of a population entails signifi-cant changes in the scope and structure of demand for goods and services on the market.Economic entities should thus take the special needs of th

3、e elderly into consideration and adjust their production accordingly.This kind of economy,increasingly oriented towards the elderly,is called the senior economy(also known as the silver economy),or,in a narrower sense,the market of goods and services for seniors.The aim of this paper is to present t

4、he size and structure of the senior economy in Poland,understood as the market of goods and services for seniors.Figures describing this market come from the survey of the senior economy in Poland from the supply side,which was carried out by Statistics Poland in the years 20172018 as an experiment.

5、The presented data refer to the year 2016 unless otherwise stated.This paper also utilises data from the National Health Fund(NFZ),Social Insurance Institution(ZUS),Agricultural Social Insurance Fund(KRUS)and Credit Information Bureau(BIK),added there to enhance the characteristics of the Polish mar

6、ket of goods and services for seniors.As the results of the research demonstrate,entities of the national economy in Poland do not yet perceive the elderly as a significant group of customers.It is the non-commercial enti-ties rather than the commercial ones that more often focus their activity on c