-country research using these instruments. While the short-term health impact of retirement in Europe remains uncertain, the medium- to … evidence of the health effects of retirement. In contrast to prior research, we analyze both the impact of being retired and … the effect of spending longer time in retirement. Using spouses’ characteristics as instruments, while taking precautions …

This paper analyses the short- and long-term effects of retirement on mental health in ten European countries. It …-fixed effects to deal with endogeneity in retirement behaviour. The results display no short-term effects of retirement on mental … design. Overall, the paper's findings suggest that reforms inducing people to postpone retirement are not only important for …

-country research using these instruments. While the short-term health impact of retirement in Europe remains uncertain, the medium- to … evidence of the health effects of retirement.In contrast to prior research, we analyze both the impact of being retired and the … effect of spending longer time in retirement. Using spouses' characteristics as instruments, while taking precautions to …

This paper analyses the short- and longer-term effects of retirement on mental health in ten European countries. It … intuitions from the regression-discontinuity design literature, to deal with endogeneity in retirement behaviour. The results … display no short-term effects of retirement on mental health, but a large negative longer-term impact. This impact survives a …

) informal institutions. Overall, the proposed institutional changes move in a liberalizing direction; however, one …