This paper reviews the literature on the impact of work on health. We consider work along two dimensions: (i) the … employment or not, independent of the number of hours worked. We show that most of the evidence on the negative health impact of … amount of work they provide. In essence, what is detrimental to health is not so much work per se as much as the gap which …

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … army employees 55 years of age or older. Before the offer was implemented in the Swedish defense, the normal retirement age … was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals' health within the age range 56-70, we find support …

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 …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …

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 …

Do people form correct expectations about the impact of retirement on their health? This paper looks at unexpected … the problem of reverse causality (running from health condition to retirement). Our findings indicate that retirement … is aligned with its actual consequence: retirement exerts a positive causal impact on health. …

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 …

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 … correcting for it, we find that the average effect of retirement on health outcomes is small and barely significant. We apply …

We investigate the causal impact of retirement on healthcare utilization using SHARE data for 10 European countries. We … of healthcare utilization) increase after retirement. The increase in healthcare utilization is found to depend mainly on … the years spent in retirement, suggesting that adjustment may take time. We find evidence of heterogeneous effects by …

both mental and physical health. In addition, individuals feel less financially constrained and are more optimistic about …

, program spillovers, and worker health. To do so, we analyze workers after a workplace injury that experience differential … health outcomes. Our findings imply that imposing stricter DI screening has large fiscal benefits but does not yield any … detectable health costs, on the margin. …