The impact of pension schemes on saving in Israel

Yaacov Lavi; Avia Spivak

doi:10.1080/000368499323977

The impact of pension schemes on saving in Israel

Yaacov Lavi, Avia Spivak

Department of Economics

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Israeli micro and macro data indicate that consumption smoothing is limited and thus pension savings increase private and national savings. Since private savings rates are, to a great extent, unequal across different income groups, saving is almost exclusively concentrated in the upper two quintiles.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	761-774
Number of pages	14
Journal	Applied Economics
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/000368499323977
State	Published - 1 Jan 1999

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