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Understanding the Effect of Retirement on Health: Mechanisms and Heterogeneity
Eibich, Peter - In: Journal of Health Economics 43 (2015), pp. 1-12
This paper investigates the mechanisms behind the health effects of retirement. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design … to exploit financial incentives in the German pension system for identification, I find that retirement improves … sleep duration as well as more frequent physical exercise seem to be key mechanisms through which retirement affects health. …
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The role of marriage in the causal pathway from economic conditions early in life to mortality
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Gupta, Sumedha - In: Journal of Health Economics 40 (2015) C, pp. 141-158
This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815–2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical...
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Long-term health effects on the next generation of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy
van Ewijk, Reyn - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1246-1260
Each year, many pregnant Muslim women fast during Ramadan. Using Indonesian cross-sectional data and building upon work of Almond and Mazumder (2011), I show that people who were prenatally exposed to Ramadan fasting have a poorer general health than others. As predicted by medical theory, this...
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Alone but better off? Adult child migration and health of elderly parents in Moldova
Böhme, Marcus H.; Persian, Ruth; Stöhr, Tobias - In: Journal of Health Economics 39 (2015) C, pp. 211-227
Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper investigates the effect of migration on various...
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Time to care? The effects of retirement on informal care provision
Fischer, Björn; Müller, Kai-Uwe - In: Journal of Health Economics 73 (2020)
This paper analyzes the impact of women's retirement on their informal care provision. Using SOEP data, we address … significant effect of retirement on informal care provision, when using early retirement age thresholds as instruments … further exploit a sizable increase in the early retirement age for German women and find that affected women provide less non …
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Does retirement affect cognitive functioning?
Bonsang, Eric; Adam, Stéphane; Perelman, Sergio - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 3, pp. 490-501
This paper analyses the effect of retirement on cognitive functioning using a longitudinal survey among older Americans …, which allows controlling for individual heterogeneity and endogeneity of the retirement decision by using the eligibility … age for social security as an instrument. The results highlight a significant negative effect of retirement on cognitive …
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Does privatisation of vocational rehabilitation improve labour market opportunities? Evidence from a field experiment in Sweden
Laun, Lisa; Thoursie, Peter Skogman - In: Journal of Health Economics 34 (2014) C, pp. 59-72
This paper analyses if privatisation of vocational rehabilitation can improve labour market opportunities for individuals on long-term sickness absence. We use a field experiment performed by the Public Employment Service and the Social Insurance Agency in Sweden during 2008–2010, in which...
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Older people's participation in extra-cost disability benefits
Zantomio, Francesca - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 1, pp. 320-330
The targeting of an UK extra-cost disability benefit for older people, Attendance Allowance, is analyzed using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey. First, a binary model of benefit participation is used to investigate whether receipt is responsive to the onset of...
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On insuring and caring for parents’ long-term care needs
Courbage, Christophe; Eeckhoudt, Louis - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 6, pp. 842-850
When adult children are financially responsible for their parents, they can take considerable interest in the amount of their parents’ long-term care (LTC) insurance. In this paper, we look at the optimal levels of LTC insurance and of informal care, and at the link between these two decisions...
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Does widowhood explain gender differences in out-of-pocket medical spending among the elderly?
Goda, Gopi Shah; Shoven, John B.; Slavov, Sita Nataraj - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 3, pp. 647-658
Despite the presence of Medicare, out-of-pocket medical spending is a large expenditure risk facing the elderly. While women live longer than men, elderly women incur higher out-of-pocket medical spending than men at each age. In this paper, we examine whether differences in marital status and...
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