I investigate how the relationship between health status and retirement among older men has changed since 1900 using … weight adjusted for height or Body Mass Index (BMI) as a proxy for health. I find that both in 1900 and in 1985-1991 the …, suggesting that health is now less important to the retirement decision than in the past. The difference in the relative risk of …

ways that reflect an expectation of longer work lives. But do older Americans have the health capacity to work longer? This … mortality rate in the past or as much as their younger counterparts in similar health. Using both methods, we estimate that … there is significant additional capacity to work at older ages. We also explore whether there are differences in health …

Occupation is discussed as a social determinant of health. Occupation has received little attention in this light in … health, and mother's education. We contend that first occupation is a choice made relatively early in life that affects … health outcomes at later ages. We examine first-occupation for two reasons: 1) there is growing evidence that early …

health status that can be considered reasonably compatible with work. If this is not the case, the idea of sharing these … additional years of life between work and retirement is questionable. Considering mortality and health status, we question the … different methodological approaches developed in the economic literature: one based on the gap in employment rates across time …

to reduce incentives to retire early. However, it is unknown to what extent older individuals have the health capacity to … sustain the longer working lives that delayed pension benefits may encourage. We estimate the health capacity to work longer … the past, and how much younger individuals today with similar self-assessed health work. We find substantial health …

United Kingdom, given their health, and how this has evolved over the last decade. The objective is not to suggest how much … older people should work but rather to shed light on how much ill-health (as opposed to other constraints and preferences … ‘counterfactual' employment rate for older people based on the behaviour of other similarly healthy individuals. Both methods suggest …

drugs, use of other medical services, and health for a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries. Given the … health. We find that gaining prescription drug insurance through Medicare Part D was associated with a 70% increase in the … health care services or health, as measured by functional status and self-reported health. Among those in poorer health, we …

occupation. Because the probability of re-employment, conditional on unemployment, appears to have declined with age, the …