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The Impact of Voluntary and Involuntary Retirement on Mental Health: Evidence from Older Irish Adults

Mosca, Irene; Barrett, Alan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The few studies that have attempted to identify the causal effects of retirement on mental health and well-being have provided conflicting evidence. Hence, whether retirement affects mental health positively or negatively is still unclear. Our primary objective is to investigate the impact of...

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(Lack of) Pension Knowledge

Barrett, Alan; Mosca, Irene; Whelan, Brendan J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Governments are increasingly concerned about the capacity of pensions systems to meet demands in the coming years … well-informed about pensions. However, there are many reasons to believe that individuals may not be well-informed due to … the complexity of pensions systems and degrees of myopia. In this paper, we assess levels of knowledge of pensions using a …

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The Wealth, Health and Wellbeing of Ireland's Older People Before and During the Economic Crisis

Barrett, Alan; O'Sullivan, Vincent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The economic crisis of 2008/9 was felt more acutely in Ireland relative to elsewhere and culminated in the international bailout in 2010. Given the economic collapse, Ireland provides an ideal case-study of the link between wealth collapses and movements in variables such as health and...

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Income and Wealth in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

O'Sullivan, Vincent; Nolan, Brian; Barrett, Alan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Between 2009 and 2011, data were collected under the first wave of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Over 8,500 people aged 50 and over and living in Ireland were interviewed on a wide range of topics covering socioeconomic and health issues. Our primary goals in this paper are (a)...

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Exploring the Early-life Causes and Later-life Consequences of Migration through a Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Barrett, Alan; Mosca, Irene - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Between 2009 and 2011, fieldwork was undertaken for the first wave of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Extension information was collected on about 8,500 people aged 50 and over and living in Ireland, covering topics such as economic circumstances and health. One of the features...

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Peer Groups, Employment Status and Mental Well-being among Older Adults in Ireland

Hudson, Eibhlin; Barrett, Alan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Research has shown that employment status, such as being unemployed or retired, can be related to well-being. In addition, the direction and size of these relationships can be influenced by the employment status of one's peer group. For example, it has been shown that the well-being of the...

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Announcing an Increase in the State Pension Age and the Recession: Which Mattered More for Expected Retirement Ages?

Barrett, Alan; Mosca, Irene - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

In March of 2010, the Irish government announced that the age at which the state pension is paid would be raised to 66 in 2014, 67 in 2021 and 68 in 2028. Also during 2010, the economic news became increasingly bad as the full scale of the fiscal and banking crises in Ireland emerged. The...

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Estimating the Impact of Immigration on Wages in Ireland

Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We estimate the impact of immigration on the wages of natives in Ireland applying the technique proposed by Borjas (2003). Under this method, the labour market is divided into a number of skill cells, where the cells are defined by groups with similar levels of experience and education (or...

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