POVERTY OF PENSIONERS: A SOCIO-ECONOMIC CAUSES AND CONDITIONS FOR OVERCOMING
The study first analyses the conditions and factors of material support for pensioners as an integral part of human capital. The starting assumptions are accepted the basic principles of functioning of the state system of mandatory pension insurance (OPS). The insurance contributions to the system OPS are not seen as a "burden on business" and irrational "Federal spending" and as "effective investment in human capital" [1]. The results of the study are used for validation of measures of social support of pensioners to maintain their financial levels and expenditure on these needs, and also to specify the directions of reforming the national pension system.