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earnings in urban China than in urban Russia. This is consistent with the facts that the normal retirement age is strictly …The incidence of working for earnings beyond the normal pension age of 55 for females and 60 for males in urban China …, the probability of working after normal retirement age is positively related to living with a spouse only, being healthy …
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consequences for decision-making in old age. Using data from China, we examine how a new retirement program affects cognitive … that the program leads to larger negative impacts among women. We demonstrate that retirement and access to a retirement …
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The Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer generous education benefits to a dependent. We run a large-scale experiment to test whether active choice framing impacts US Army service members' decision to transfer benefits. Individuals who received email messages framing GI Bill use...
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literature, we define extreme temperature exposure in relative terms based on local temperature patterns. Combining the China … Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study and environmental data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …
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This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort … conclusions. We provide evidence that the increase in the retirement age negatively affects health outcomes as the prevalence of …
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We explore the effects of retirement on both physical and mental ill-health and whether these change in the presence of … relationship between retirement and health and a difference-in-differences approach combined with matching to investigate whether … the health effects of retirement are affected by the Great Recession. We estimate these models on data drawn from the …
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This paper presents a meta-analysis on the effects of retirement on health. We select academic papers published between … 2000 and 2021 studying the impact of retirement on physical and mental health, self-assessed general health, healthcare … utilization and mortality. Among 275 observations from 85 articles, 28% (13%) find positive (negative) effects of retirement on …
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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 …
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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 retirement on mental health as measured by the 20-item Center for …
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Using data from the 2010 and 2012 American Time Use Surveys (ATUS) and the associated Well-being Modules, this paper examines how caregiving affects the well-being of retirees who are caregivers. Different caregiving activities are examined, including caring for household children, caring for...
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