FEATURES OF DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC PENSION INSURANCE

Abstract

The article clarifies the peculiarities of the development of the pension system over the last decades and highlights the key stages of its reform. The main stages of the formation of a modern system of pensions are related to the adoption of legislative acts that deal with its improvement. The modern pension system of Ukraine is characterized by a number of negative phenomena: low level of pensions; a significant deficit of the Pension Fund of Ukraine, which is covered from the state budget, the availability of "special" pensions, negative trends in demographic development. Over the past five years, pensions remained virtually unchanged. If the amount of wages has doubled, then the amount of pensions increased by 30%. It should also be borne in mind that the military aggression against Ukraine has caused a high level of inflation and devaluation of the national currency during this period. Thus, the level of material support for Ukrainian pensioners is extremely unsatisfactory. Reforms of the pension system, which were carried out during the last decade, were also aimed at overcoming the budget deficit of the Pension Fund of Ukraine. To this end, the rates of a single social contribution were reduced in order to «withdraw» wages from the «shadow»; increased retirement age for women; Some «corruption" pension provisions for certain categories of population were canceled. However, the budget deficit of the Pension Fund has not only decreased, but also increased. Negative trends in demographic development add a particular danger to the functioning of the pension system. In recent years, the number of people of retirement age has not changed, but the number of young people and the number of children has decreased by 10 million people. In order to stabilize the pension system it is expedient to: refuse to put into effect the accumulative level of the pension system, which may lead to the final collapse of the joint system and is aimed at preserving income for top managers of state enterprises and high-level officials; increase the rate of the single social contribution for self-employed persons; to expand the scope of collecting fees to the Pension Fund of Ukraine; to carry out gradual updating of the size of the pension provision in accordance with the requirements of the International Labor Organization.