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Improving the pension system and the welfare of retirees in Israel

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  • Claude Giorno

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  • Jacques Adda

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Israel is a young country with still dynamic population growth, but it is already beginning to face the consequences of population ageing. The pension system relies largely on mandatory private retirement saving, which will moderate the long-term fiscal impact. Yet, there are questions about the fairness of the pension system, given the regressive nature of some of its tax provisions, its ability to effectively protect the most vulnerable elderly, whose poverty rate is high, as is the case for the rest of the population, and its efficiency in securing and valuing these retirement savings to guarantee pension adequacy. This review examines ways forward for policy to address these issues by reinforcing the protective role of basic pensions, by encouraging people to work longer and by improving the fairness and effectiveness of the system’s second pillar. This Working Paper relates to the 2016 OECD Economic Review of Israel (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-israel.htm). Améliorer le système de retraite et le bien-être des retraités en Israël Fort d’une croissance démographique encore dynamique, Israël est un pays jeune, qui commence toutefois à faire face aux conséquences du vieillissement de sa population. Le système de retraite reposant largement sur l’épargne-retraite privée obligatoire, il pèsera moins lourd à long terme sur les finances publiques. Cela étant, des questions se posent quant à son équité compte tenu du caractère régressif de certaines de ses dispositions fiscales, à sa capacité à protéger efficacement les personnes âgées les plus vulnérables, parmi lesquelles le taux de pauvreté est élevé comme dans le reste de la population, et à son efficacité à protéger et à valoriser l’épargne-retraite ainsi constituée pour garantir des pensions suffisantes. Le présent chapitre examine la marche à suivre pour que les autorités puissent répondre à ces questions en renforçant le rôle protecteur des pensions de base, en encourageant les gens à travailler plus longtemps et en améliorant l’équité et l’efficacité du second pilier du système de retraite. Ce Document de travail se rapporte à l’Étude économique de l’OCDE de l’Israël 2016 (www.oecd.org/fr/eco/etudes/etude-economique-israel.htm).

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  • Claude Giorno & Jacques Adda, 2016. "Improving the pension system and the welfare of retirees in Israel," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1288, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1288-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jm0xf1fsqvf-en
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    Cited by:

    1. Manor Moshe & Ratajczak Joanna, 2020. "Shift to private pension system: The case of Poland and Israel," Economics and Business Review, Sciendo, vol. 6(1), pages 82-102, March.
    2. Ishay Wolf & Smadar Levi, 2022. "Vague Pension Future: Empirical Evidence from the Israeli Radical Privatized Market," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-15, April.
    3. Ishay Wolf, 2021. "Political Stress and the Sustainability of Funded Pension Schemes: Introduction of a Financial Theory," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-12, November.
    4. Ishay Wolf & Lorena Caridad Lopez del Rio, 2021. "Benefit Adequacy in Funded Pension Systems: Micro-Simulation of the Israeli Pension Scheme," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(2), pages 143-164.

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    Keywords

    ageing; defined contribution; elderly poverty; pension system; retirement age; régime de retraite à cotisations définies; système de retraite; vieillissement; âge du départ en retraite;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions

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