The Pensions, Insurance and Financial Literacy Research Center
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
is proud to host the conference:
The New World of Pensions and Retirement:
An International Economic and Psychological Perspective
Registration is required (no fees involved) Please register here
Program:
9:00
| Registration & refreshments
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9:40 | Greetings Zvi HaCohen, Rector, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Oded Lowengart, Dean, Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business & Management, BGU Haim Hames, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, BGU
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Comparing National Pension Systems - Lessons from Different Countries |
10:00 | Laurence. J. Kotlikoff, Boston University, US Measurement Without Meaning
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| Pierre Pestieau, University of Liège, Belgium The Belgian and the French pension systems. A tale
of two countries
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11:00
| Coffee break
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11:15 | Mark Pearson, Deputy Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD What Next for Pension Reforms?
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| Axel Börsch-Supan, Director of SHARE-ERIC, Munich University, Germany Pension Systems in Europe: Challenges and Reforms
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| Avia Spivak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Israel
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12:45
| Lunch
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Issues in Israel's Pension System |
13:45 | Dorit Salinger, Commissioner of Capital Markets, Insurance & Savings, Israel
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| Round Table: |
| Adi Brender, Bank of Israel |
| Orly Sade, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
| Eytan Sheshinski, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Democracy Institute, Israel |
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15:15 | Coffee break
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Behavior and Decision Making Rationality in Economics and in Pensions |
15:30 | Joe Ostroy, UCLA, US Some History of Thought on Savings
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| Menahem Yaari, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Reflections on Retirement
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| Uzi Segal, Boston College, US A Lot of Ambiguity
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| David Leiser, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel On the Neglected Impact of Misunderstanding
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17:00 | Coffee break |
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17:15 | “Gaudeamus Igitur" - Avia Spivak's Farewell Session
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Registration is required (no fees involved) Please register here
Parking is in visitor parking lots on Ben-Gurion Blvd:
At the BGU Sports Center – pedestrian entry to campus up the steps to the bridge walkway leading to the north east gate
Signs around campus will guide you to the conference hall. Building 41 is at the south-east corner of the Marcus campus, closest to the train-bridge entrance of the campus. Here, you may see the campus map but please disregard the "Negev Gate" which is no longer accessible.