Who supports delayed retirement? A study of older workers in Israel

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-257

  Litwin, Howard ^a   Achdut, Leah ^b   Youssim, Iaroslav ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

Delayed retirement; Older workers; Pension systems; SHARE; Welfare ideology; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PENSION SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; WELFARE REFORM;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70349212538     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928709104739     Document Type: Article

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