: Longitudinal data was drawn from the Health and Retirement Survey and the RAND-HRS data base for more than 6,000 individuals aged … of six measures including: self-rated health; self-rated memory; activities of daily living; instrumental activities of … work on mood indicators and mortality. For those forced into retirement (20% of the sample), work is not an alternative …

This article explores the potential effects of retirement on mental health and health care utilisation isolating … sources of potential heterogeneity in treatment effect. To estimate the effects of retirement, we devise a new identifying … British Household Panel Survey, a rich representative longitudinal survey. It is found that retirement has a small impact on …

not clear whether phasing or cold turkey makes for a happier retirement. Using longitudinal data from the Health and …This study explores the factors that affect an individual’s happiness while transitioning into retirement. Recent … studies highlight gradual retirement as an attractive option to older workers as they approach full retirement. However, it is …

just those at the point of retirement, this approach can provide additional insights on the efficacy of pension systems in … individuals above the 60% relative poverty threshold throughout retirement. Our simulations suggest that the gradual negative … lengthening of the time spent in receipt of retirement benefits. The consumption smoothing function of state pensions has declined …

deepening, and indirect effects, working through changes of taxes, government spending components and the retirement age in …. The closed-form solutions of the model predict taxation and the retirement age in OECD economies to increase in response … to demographic ageing and per-capita growth to accelerate. If the retirement age were held constant, the growth rate in …

We investigate the effect of an acute health shock on retirement among elderly male workers in Denmark, 1991-1999, and … that an acute health event increases the retirement chances of elderly male workers by 8%, and that this increase in the …, the retirement rate following a health shock is reduced to 3% with the introduction of the subsidized employment program …

not clear whether phasing or cold turkey makes for a happier retirement. Using longitudinal data from the Health and …This study explores the factors that affect an individual’s happiness while transitioning into retirement. Recent … studies highlight gradual retirement as an attractive option to older workers as they approach full retirement. However, it is …