benefits. Often, poor health is cited as the main reason why workers cannot work until the regular retirement age. In this … market if they wanted to and if they were not limited by poor health? To answer this question, we follow two different … empirical approaches with a similar logic: we estimate the link between health and labor force participation in a population …

In this paper, we specify a dynamic programming model that addresses the interplay among health, financial resources … used self reported health or disability status as a proxy for health status, we model health as a latent variable, using … is estimated using data from the Health and Retirement Study. We compare results based on our model to results based on …

I investigate how the relationship between health status and retirement among older men has changed since 1900 using … weight adjusted for height or Body Mass Index (BMI) as a proxy for health. I find that both in 1900 and in 1985-1991 the …, suggesting that health is now less important to the retirement decision than in the past. The difference in the relative risk of …

Older adults have the highest rates of many health conditions for which medical marijuana may be effective in … moderating symptoms and are at elevated risk of reducing labor supply due to poor health. Surprisingly little is known about how … laws on the health and labor supply of adults age 51 and older, focusing on those with medical conditions that may respond …

older persons will increase the unemployment of youth. The fifth phase on "Historical Trends in Mortality and Health … programs. The key question this volume seeks to address is: given health status, to what extent are differences in labor force …

attention to the role of health status. We estimate probit models of retirement using data from SHARE. The results show that … health and incentives matter in the decision to exit from the labor market. Based on these results, we simulate the effect of …

those who are not already age-eligible for an old-age pension and who are deemed unable to work for health reasons. In this … paper, we use two sets of individual survey data to study the role of health and financial incentives in early retirement … decisions in Germany, in particular disability benefit uptake. We show that financial incentives to retire do affect sick …