Israel

Orly Benjamin (), Sarit Nisim and Dikla Segel-Karpas
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Orly Benjamin: Bar-Ilan University
Sarit Nisim: Bar-Ilan University
Dikla Segel-Karpas: University of Haifa

Chapter 23 in Extended Working Life Policies, 2020, pp 309-318 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Israel’sIsrael response toPopulation ageing population ageingAgeing population has included policies increasing pension age, flexible working, and privatisationPrivatisation of pensions. These policies have increased povertyRisk poverty risksPoverty risk for those experiencing exclusion and isolation and limited access to housing, education, quality jobs, and healthcareCaring, care, caregiving servicesServices . In this context, polarisedPolarised gender/classClass positions leave women at higher risk of poverty in old age, particularly for women not living with a partner or when a pension related to a partner’s work life is not available. Only a minority of IsraeliIsraeli women currently extend their working lives, despite very low state allowances for older people. PolicymakersPolicymakers have paid little attention to differences between menMen and women or among women in different circumstances. This has contributed to an assumption that raising pension age is an appropriate one-size-fits-allOne-size-fits-all solution when it clearly is not.

Keywords: Poverty; Retirement; Gender; Employment; Pensions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40985-2_23

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