This study is part of a comprehensive study designed to examine the development of the pension system in Israel, and the current image in its achievements and weaknesses. A comprehensive review of the reforms carried out in the pension system in Israel over the last two decades is presented here in two levels – national insurance and the occupational pension – based on analysis of key characteristics and concepts that guided them. The review follows a description of some reform models carried out in the OECD countries.
Published as part of a series of policy studies. The Economics and Society Program at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Department of Economics
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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