We present a theory of the relation between health and retirement that generates testable predictions regarding the … interaction of health, wealth and financial incentives in retirement decisions. The theory predicts (i) that wealthier individuals … health events, proxied by unanticipated hospitalizations, to information on retirement decisions and actual incentives from …

disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …

rnarket status is expected to have a (reverse) causal effect on health. A solution to the 'Health and Retirement Nexus …-assessed health measures are usually at hand in empiricalanalyses and research indicates that these may be affected by endogenous …, state dependent, reporting behaviour. Furthermore, even if an objective health measure is used, it is not likely to be …

We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility … status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners. Single men … retiring experience a drop in mental health. Female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental …

We estimate the impact of health and financial incentives on the retirement transitions of older workers in Spain … derived as changes in a composite health stock measure over time. We examine labour market exits into both old age retirement … in the case of the broad definition of retirement. Initial health stock shows a significant impact on both definitions of …

health, cognitive ability and mortality. The results are all over the place but on average it seems like at retirement mental … see the forest for the trees and advocate evidence-based retirement policies that take health effects into account … the life of their partners. This paper presents an overview of recent studies on the effects of retirement on mental …

measurement of health disparities. We use anchoring vignettes to identify socio-demographic differences in the reporting of health …Heterogeneity in reporting of health by socio-economic and demographic characteristics potentially biases the … heterogeneity tends to reduce slightly estimated disparities in health by education (not China) and to increase those by income. But …