This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals' health within the age range 56-70, we find support … government health care expenditures …

are likely to affect the returns to investments in health-promoting behaviours before retirement, with consequences for … individual health. Using the exogenous variation in minimum retirement age induced by a sequence of Italian pension reforms … regular exercise and by reducing smoking and regular alcohol consumption. Dietary habits were also affected, with positive …

activity not only decreases the participation rate by inducing early retirement, but also badly affects the employment rate of … older workers just before early retirement age. Countries with an early retirement age at 60 also have lower employment … rates for old workers aged 55-59. Based on the French Labor Force Survey, we show that the likelihood of employment is …

was redistributed from early to late retirees.Given the pre-existing employment and earnings patterns, this implied a …

data are drawn from the new Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The empirical analysis shows that … health is multi-dimensional, in the sense that different health indicators have their own significant impact on individuals …' participation decisions. Health effects differ markedly between countries. A counterfactual exercise shows that improved health …

We use data from the The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and from the Health and Retirement … significantly as teenagers transition into adulthood (using the Add Health cohort, born 1974-83). However, this is not the case for …

its negative health impacts in impoverished rural China using individual fixed effect models. Both the linear regression … poor, and bear grave consequences of malnutrition and worse health status as a result of unhygienic and frequent donations …. Donating plasma is associated with a .83 standard deviation (SD) decline in self-rated health, a .54 SD lower self-rated health …