Examination of the labor force participation of Israeli women during the years around retirement. By Noga Dagan-Buzaglo, Etty Konor-Attias and Ariane Ofir.
The various proposals to postpone the entitlement age for old-age and workplace pensions for women from 62 to 64 or 67 will leave many women over 60 without a decent income. This conclusion arises from an analysis conducted by Noga Dagan-Buzaglo, Etty Konor-Attias and Ariane Ofir from the Adva Center, based on an analysis of figures from the last three Population Censuses – 1983, 1995 and 2008.
Between 1983 and 2008, the labor force participation of women over 60 increased: for women 60-64, from 20.1 percent to 41.2 percent, and for women 65-69, from 9.6 percent to 16.6 percent.
The cutting point was and still is the age of 60: In 2008, the labor force participation of women decreased from 61.7 percent for women aged 55-59 to 41.2 percent for women aged 60-64 and to 16.6 percent for women aged 65-69. In absolute numbers, we are talking about a decrease from about 109,000 women to 62,000, to 16,500, respectively. Continue reading...
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The Adva Center was founded in 1991 for the purpose of providing independent monitoring of social and economic developments in Israel.
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