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Home Page » Researches » Pensions, Poverty, and the Elderly in Israel

Pensions, Poverty, and the Elderly in Israel

January 2014
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Private: Liora Bowers

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Welfare and social security policies eliminate almost 90% of elderly poverty in the vast majority of countries examined, but have much less of an impact in Israel.  This brief examines this surprising dichotomy: why do Israel’s elderly have the second lowest poverty rates in terms of market income, but the highest poverty rates in terms of disposable income relative to the 21 OECD countries?

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